ISWAP Abducts International Aid Workers In North-East Nigeria | Sahara Reporters Dozens of humanitarian workers continue to thread on dangerous terrain in the course of their official duties in the North-East of Nigeria. READ MORE:
Three aid workers working with some international humanitarian organisations were abducted alongside several others whose identities and affiliations are yet to be determined along the Maiduguri-Monguno Road in Borno State, Nigeria.that the abduction occurred less than 48 hours after an earlier one on June 1, in which three staff of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency and a soldier providing security for them were abducted by terrorists.
The Maiduguri-Monguno and the Maiduguri-Gubio highways have constituted an easy trap for travellers in the territory. Eyewitnesses report that the terrorists routinely mount checkpoints to screen travellers on those routes. Those identified as affiliated with the government, Western institutions or of Christian religious faith faced more daunting fate.HumAngle“They were well kitted with gun trucks and empty vehicles to accommodate those they plan to abduct,” he reported.
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