Farmers in Katsina State expressed concern on Saturday about the rate at which a mysterious worm is destroying their grain plantations.
During a visit to a cross-section of the afflicted farmlands in the state capital, the odd worm population had grown in size during the previous few days.
Two of the affected farmers, namely Umar Masoyi and Ahmad Labaran said, the increasing population of worms was predominant over the week presumably due to rainfall shortage as most farmers were rounding up this year’s farming season plantations.
They said the worms are only interested in eating up guinea corn, millet, and maize plantations.
To this end, farmers have resorted to spraying insecticide and praying for divine intervention.
The same scenario is also being recorded in Autawa, Bambami, Daba, Sabon Gida, Dabaibayawa, Angawa, and Makaɗa villages in Batagarawa Local Government Area of the State.