{"id":27601,"date":"2018-10-24T12:18:27","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T11:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=27601"},"modified":"2018-10-24T12:19:54","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T11:19:54","slug":"norwegian-refugee-council-condemns-killings-of-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/norwegian-refugee-council-condemns-killings-of-farmers\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwegian Refugee Council Condemns Killings Of Farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has said it is horrified by the killings of at least 12 farmers in Kalle village, Borno State, last weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe level of violence registered lately in Northeast Nigeria is alarming. Farmers have been easy targets. These attacks risk making people too afraid to cultivate their land and may worsen the existing food crisis,\u201d said Area Manager for NRC in Maiduguri, Anja Riiser.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cFarmers should be able to cultivate their land and return to their families alive,\u201d she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The latest attacks against farmers underscore the vulnerability of rural communities, even as the authorities are encouraging displaced people to return home to rebuild their lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were on the farms when about 15 armed men surrounded us,\u201d Haruna, who escaped the attack, told NRC staff. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey took the men to a tree and started slaughtering them like animals. They repeatedly said they will not allow any of us to harvest the crops we cultivated this year,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At least 1,300 people are reported to have fled after the attacks and many have taken refuge at a displacement camp in Maiduguri. <\/p>\n

Families and friends of the slain farmers said they are too scared to return to their farms.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy children and I stood by as they killed my husband. I cried and pleaded for their mercy, but they didn\u2019t listen. I will never return to the farm again,\u201d said Indagiju, who fled the village.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>

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The attacks on farmers risk worsening the existing food crisis in Northeast Nigeria. <\/p>\n

It is estimated that 2.9 million people are facing acute food insecurity in the northeastern states of Adamawa, Yobe, and Borno where violence has been on the rise. <\/p>\n

Crops have been destroyed and food stores looted, while farmers have either been killed or forced to flee their fields.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Large parts of Borno State may experience emergency levels of food insecurity in the coming months, according to the latest forecast by\u00a0Famine Early Warning Systems Network, with elevated risk of famine in several areas.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is an urgent need for measures to protect farmers against attacks and looting, so they can safely cultivate their lands and feed their families,\u201d said Riiser. \u201cHowever, these measures to protect farmers should not translate into a restriction of their movements.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

An estimated 7.7 million people in the three most affected states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe now depend on humanitarian assistance for their survival.<\/p>\n

NRC is currently providing life-saving assistance including food and livelihood support to help stabilize the living conditions of over 130,000 families displaced from their homes in northeast Nigeria.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has said it is horrified by the killings of at least 12 farmers in Kalle village, Borno State, last weekend.\u00a0 \u201cThe level of violence registered lately in Northeast Nigeria is alarming. Farmers have been easy targets. 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