'WE NOW GIVE FOOD IN EXCHANGE OF OUR LIVES'- Borno villages.

Insurgents have killed no less than 17 persons in Jibe, Disha, Patawe, Kwatara and Hambagda villages
of Borno State for not having food items to give in exchange for their lives.
Spokesman of the Traders Association in Gwoza, Malam
Mohammed Umar in an interview on Sunday,
said they now bring food to pay for their lives before they cross
between Gwoza and Limankara.
According to him, the 11 kilometer road linking Gwoza to
Limankara is the only road from Mubi and as such, traders were
finding it difficult to bring in goods.
He said, “Sometimes we wait for one week or ten days at Madagali
before the troops from Gwoza come to lead us through the
Limankara – Gwoza route; otherwise, the insurgents would come
out and collect all the food items.
“Our problem is that if we are bringing tomatoes, we usually end
up with rotten tomatoes because it cannot wait for one week or ten
days.”
Mohammed said, apart from the traders, any other person crossing
the road must carry some food items for the insurgents.
Asked what he has observed in Gwoza in the last six months since
the liberation of the town by Nigerian troops, he said, “apart from
us (traders) who usually bring food, only soldiers and few
returnees are in Gwoza town.
“The whole villages around Gwoza is empty; nobody is living there
except the Boko Haram members who are using bicycles now due
to lack of fuel.”