One person has been killed and six others are missing after
suspected Boko Haram gunmen attacked a convoy of humanitarian workers in Borno State.
The attack on Action Against
Hunger, an international
nongovernmental organisation, happened on Thursday, but the details have just
been made public.
A statement by the
group on Friday said one of three drivers in a convoy conveying humanitarian
workers was killed in the attack, while others went missing.
Shaswat Sharaf, the
country director of the organisation, said in the statement that the aid
workers were on their way to Damasak, a border community 157 km away from
Maiduguri.
“One of the drivers
was killed, while one Action Against Hunger staff member, two of the drivers
and three health workers are missing,” he said.
“We are deeply
saddened by this tragic incident as these are colleagues dedicated to providing
life-saving assistance to individuals and families affected by the ongoing
humanitarian crisis in the northeast of Nigeria.
“We are very
concerned and want to ensure that they are safe and can be reunited with their
families.”
Action Against Hunger has been actively involved in providing
humanitarian services in the areas of nutrition and health, water sanitation
and hygiene in most parts of the volatile northeast for quite some times now.
Borno State and
neighbouring Yobe and Adamawa States have suffered a decade of attacks by Boko
Haram, the terrorist group responsible for tens of thousands of deaths and the
displacement of millions of people.
Early July, the
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in a
report that the conflict in the Lake Chad region is far from being over
following the resurgence of attacks by the Islamic State of West African
Province (ISWAP) backed Boko Haram.
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