The medical charity Medecins Sans
Frontieres(MSF) has suspended its work in Rann, a town in Borno, and evacuated
national and international staff after a deadly raid by Boko Haram fighters.
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen
killed four Nigerian aid workers in an attack on a military barracks in the
town in Borno state late Thursday.
“Following a violent attack in
Rann, Borno state, on Thursday 1 March, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
suspended its medical activities in the town and evacuated 22 national and
international staff,” MSF said in a statement.
“It is still unclear how many
people were killed and injured but before leaving, MSF medical staff treated
nine wounded patients.
“This attack is a stark reminder
that it is the people in Borno who are paying the price of this ruthless
conflict,” MSF said.
“Leaving our patients without
medical assistance is an extremely painful decision.”
President Muhammadu Buhari and
Senate President Bukola Saraki have condemned the attack on the town.
Buhari said the attack on
humanitarian workers in Rann more than ever showed 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 bestiality. It is odious
before both God and man,” the president said.
He sympathised with the United
Nations and other humanitarian agencies working at Rann, and in the country
generally.
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