Boko Haram jihadists have killed 17 herders and stole their cattle following clashes in the troubled northeastern Nigerian state of Borno, self-defence militia told newsmen on Monday.
The militants on Saturday attacked herders guarding their cattle in a pasture near Airamne village in Mafa district, the militiamen said.
During the attack, Seventeen herders were killed in the fight and all their cattle taken away, the militia leader Babakura also said.
Another militiaman, Ibrahim Liman, gave the same toll.
He said the jihadists launched the attack from camps in nearby Gajiganna forest, where they relocated after being partially forced out from their stronghold in Sambisa forest by jihadist rivals ISWAP and the Nigerian army.
The killings, abductions and looting in the northeast are part of an overall security crisis in Nigeria.
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