The incident occurred on Friday in Bassam Galomari village, Gubio II Ward, under Gubio Local Government Area of the State.
Zagazola Makama, a Lake Chad Basin counter-terrorism and insurgency expert, revealed this in a post he made on his X handle on Saturday.
The confrontation started as the herdsmen entered a farm belonging to a local resident. with their cow which started eating the crops of the farmer he said.
Makama stated that as the farmer was trying to chase them out of his farm, the herdsmen resisted the attempt before started attacking the farmer and finally succeeded in cutting off the farmer's two hands.
He said: “This violent attack t occurred at 1:30 pm on Friday Aug 2, 2024 in Bassam Galomari Village, Gubio II Ward, under Gubio Local Government Area.
“The victim was rushed to Gubio Hospital immediately and from there he was referred to Maiduguri Hospital for further treatment.
“Following the incident, the area has been termed unsafe and people are warned to avoid Bassam Galomari Village for now.