The United Nations has withdrawn its claim that 110 persons died in Saturday attack on rice farmers by Boko Haram terrorists in Zabarmari village, Borno State.
The UN had in a statement which quoted the head of the UN System in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, on Sunday, saying that at least 110 civilians were killed in the attack.
The State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, had during the mass burial of the deceased farmers, told journalists that 43 farmers were killed.
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However, in a new release on Monday, the UN said its initial statement was inaccurate.
The UN’s head, public information, said the earlier numbers quoted by Mr Kallon were not correctly sourced.
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The statement read, “Please note the number of 110 civilians killed on Saturday’s attack is an unconfirmed number and the correct version of the statement by the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator is the one published yesterday on Reliefweb and used on OCHA Nigeria’s Twitter account.
The humanitarian agency replaced the part where it quoted “110 deaths” with “unspecified figure”.
He was quoted as saying “tens of civilians were ruthlessly killed and many others were wounded in this attack.”
