'Conflict is not an excuse to breach these rules and target humanitarian workers and civilians.'
The European Union and the United States government have condemned the recent killing of aid workers abducted in June along the Monguno-Maiduguri road in North-east Nigeria.
PREMIUM TIMES reported the killing of the aid workers and the circulation of the tragic video online. “Conflict is not an excuse to breach these rules and target humanitarian workers and civilians,” the statement said.It lamented that the informal vehicle checkpoints and ambushes along the main roads in Borno State have resulted in hundreds of civilians being abducted, wounded or killed since the beginning of the year.
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