Four persons were killed and food trucks hijacked when suspected Boko
Haram militants attacked a United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) aid convoy
in Ngala, Borno state.
The attack, which happened during
the weekend, is the latest in the region as the conflict with Boko Haram nears
its ninth year.
“WFP can confirm that a convoy
escorted by the Nigerian military including WFP-hired trucks was the subject of
an attack by armed groups 35 km southwest of Ngala in Borno State on Saturday,”
the spokeswoman Jane Howard said in a statement.
“Four people, including the
driver of a WFP-hired truck and a driver’s assistant, were killed in the
incident.”
“WFP is working with the
authorities to determine the whereabouts of the trucks.”
The spokeswoman declined to
comment on whether the driver and assistant were WFP staff, or give details
about the other two people killed.
The military has not commented on
this latest attack.
Last year, the United Nations
suspended aid deliveries in Borno after a humanitarian convoy was attacked,
leaving two aid workers injured.
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