President Buhari speaks on humanitarian workers' attack, says it is godless

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- The attack on humanitarian workers in Rann, Borno state has been condemed by President Muhammadu Buhari

- He said the attack reinforced the fact that Boko Haram insurgents are godless

- Going further, the president said no true religion advocates hurting the innocent

President Muhammadu Buhari says the attack on humanitarian workers in Rann, Borno state, more than ever shows Boko Haram insurgents as godless, brutish, and utterly to be despised.

"As I have always maintained, no true religion advocates hurting the innocent. To now further attack and kill those offering humanitarian aid is the height of depraved behaviour. It is odious before both God and man," the president said, while sympathizing with the United Nations and other humanitarian agencies working at Rann, and in the country generally.

President Buhari affirms that such cowardly attacks can only bolster the determination of government to bring the Boko Haram insurgency to a decisive end, in the shortest possible time.

"Boko Haram's recent cowardly attacks have only renewed the determination of our government to bring the insurgency to a decisive end, in the shortest possible time. I sympathize with the United Nations and other humanitarian agencies working in Rann, Borno state," he said.

NAIJ.com earlier reported that the attack happened “after dark” outside a camp housing some 55,000 people displaced by the conflict and appeared to target the military, said UN spokeswoman, Samantha Newport.

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NAIJ.com had also reported that the United States of America on Friday, March 2, condemned the killings of four Nigerian humanitarian workers during a Boko Haram attack on an Internally Displaced Persons camp at Rann, Borno state, on Thursday, March 1.

In a statement posted on the website of the US embassy, the US government condoles with the families of the victims.

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