Borno: UN suspends humanitarian assistance as Boko Haram attacks convoy
The United Nations has temporarily suspended humanitarian assistance missions to Borno state following an attack on its convoy on Thursday.
This was contained in a statement, Thursday, by the United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF).
A UNICEF employee and an IOM contractor were injured in the attack and are being treated at a local hospital, the statement confirmed.
The convoy, including staff from UNICEF, UNFPA and IOM, was travelling from Bama to Maiduguri in Borno State after they had delivered desperately needed humanitarian assistance .
“The convoy was in a remote area of northeastern Nigeria, where protracted conflict has caused extreme suffering and has triggered a severe malnutrition crisis.
“This was not only an attack on humanitarian workers. It is an attack on the people who most need the assistance and aid that these workers were bringing,” it said.
According to the statement, the suspension is temporary “pending review of the security situation”.
North east Nigerian is smarting from the effects of years of attack by the notorious Boko Haram sect..
