Daughter of the president of Nigeria, Zahra Buhari-Indimi has reacted to the murder of the 43 rice farmers in Zabarmari village in Borno state, the death toll has since risen to 110.

Zahra shared a shot of the front of a newspaper with  the headline news of the Zabarmari massacre and wrote: "My heart bleeds".


The Governor of Borno state attended the mass burial of 43 of the farmers murdered, where he offered his sympathies and urged the Federal government to ensure recruitment of more youths into the military.

"First of all, accept my deepest sympathy over this carnage, once again, that affects all of us and every human with conscience. I am told some persons are still missing. We have been discussing with the military since yesterday, Insha Allah the remaining people will be traced soon." he said. 

"It is disheartening that more than 40 citizens were slaughtered while they were working in their farmlands. Our people are in very difficult situations, they are in two different extreme conditions, in one side they stay at home they may be killed by hunger and starvation, on the other, they go out to their farmlands and risk getting killed by the insurgents,"

"This is very sad. We are still appealing to the Federal Government to ensure recruitment of more our youths in the CJTF and hunters into the Nigerian military and the Civil Defence so that they can form part of the agro rangers that will protect farmers. We need many boots to protect farmlands and our youths understand the terrain. We will not lose hope because we have to remain optimistic about ending the insurgency" he added.