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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Over 500 farmers and their families from the Gwoza Local Government Area (LGA) are trapped in Baga town, Borno State, following their escape from lethal assaults by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) militants in northeastern Kukawa.<\/p>\n

The assaults that took place in Kwata Yobe and Tudun Kanta on Sunday resulted in numerous fatalities.<\/p>\n

Abbah Gwoza, the leader of the displaced farmers in Baga, stated that the victims escaped from ISWAP territories after a renewed bout of violence focused on a joint rescue operation by the Nigerian Army, Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), and relatives attempting to recover the bodies of the deceased farmers.<\/p>\n

ISWAP fighters from the Tumbum Shanu region ambushed a joint operation. \u201cWhile 43 bodies were interred, the operation was halted due to intense gunfire, resulting in injuries to two soldiers and a CJTF member,\u201d Gwoza reported.<\/p>\n

The farmers, mainly from the Gwoza and Damargu tribes, have been growing crops like beans and onions in the Lake Chad Basin for more than thirty years. Even with ISWAP controlling the area, they reached an agreement with the insurgents to keep farming.<\/p>\n

Every farmer contributed \u20a610,000 to ISWAP for each hectare of land and donated two bags from every ten as zakat post-harvest. Nonetheless, this delicate arrangement fell apart when the farmers inadvertently made a new agreement with the Boko Haram Buduma faction for more farmland in Mangari, close to Baga, for dry season agriculture.<\/p>\n

Tensions rose when ISWAP found out the farmers had instead paid levies to Boko Haram. Suspecting cooperation with competing groups, ISWAP initiated an assault, resulting in numerous farmers\u2019 deaths and injuries to others. Survivors stated that ISWAP combatants questioned them regarding tax contributions prior to shooting.<\/p>\n

Certain farmers\u2019 wives, who were kidnapped during the assault, were allegedly transported to ISWAP safe houses.<\/p>\n

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