Nigerian Senate President, Bukola Saraki and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar on Friday, March 2, joined other Nigerians to condemn the killing of four UN aid workers in a community in Rann, Borno state.
Saraki via his official Twitter handle described the attack as cowardly and also called for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.
The United Nation on Friday, March 2, confirmed that about four aid workers were killed in a Boko Haram attack in Rann in the latest violence that hit the remote town.
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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.
Below are the reactions of some Nigerians:
NAIJ.com previously reported that President Muhammadu Buhari said the attack on humanitarian workers in Rann, Borno state, more than ever shows Boko Haram insurgents as godless, brutish, and utterly to be despised.
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"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.
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Source: Naija.ng
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