Boko Haram’s landmine kills 5 Nigerian farmers

At least five farmers are dead and dozens are wounded in the north-eastern part of Nigeria after their vehicle struck a landmine buried by Boko Haram extremists.

According to a resident, Bello-Indimi Zabarmari, the blast occurred on March 6. He said that the mine was planted as the extremists fled after trying to attack Khaddamari town outside Maiduguri city in Borno state on the eve of the Feb. 23 elections. He further said that the farmers defied soldiers' warnings not to use the road because they wanted to reach their cucumber farms.

He also added that four died at the scene and a fifth died at a hospital. A security source who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to reporters had estimated seven dead.

Nigeria's Boko Haram insurgency is now a decade old.

With inputs from agencies.