A screengrab from the video showing the execution of five men by suspected Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State. A video has sur...
A screengrab from the video showing the execution of five
men by suspected Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State.
A video has surfaced online showing the execution of five
persons by masked men in military camouflage, suspected to be Boko Haram
fighters.
A voice was heard speaking in Hausa before the execution,
saying that the five persons were working for infidels.
“Those of you that are being used by infidels to turn others
to infidels, know this today oh, you who work for infidel groups, you satisfy
their aims but they do not care about you and that is why when we catch you
they do not show concern. Our call to you is to repent and follow Allah; we
shall waylay you in all the roads that you follow and if you don’t listen, the
fate of these ones will befall you,” the voice said.
The execution immediately followed his speech at the cue of
another voice that said “bisimillah.”
The slain persons are believed to be aid workers captured
during a raid in Monguno Local Government of Borno State on June 13, 2020.
They include staff of the Borno State Emergency Management
Agency, Action Against Hunger, Rich International, International Rescue
Committee and a security guard.
The execution came after the insurgents demanded the sum of
500,000 dollars to release them.
A staff of the SEMA who pleaded anonymity identified his
colleague among those executed, who had also featured in a recent video where
they spoke from captivity pleading with the government to intervene.
A view of the Sambisa Forest in Borno State, northeast
Nigeria, which has been notorious for being a hideout for Boko Haram
Insurgents.
Despite several air raids by the military and assurances by
the Federal Government that many insurgents have been neutralised, they have
continued to resurface, attacking communities, aid workers, and even military
bases.
Last year, Jihadists aligned with the Islamic State group
released a video showing a female aid worker and five male colleagues who had
been kidnapped in an attack in northeast Nigeria.
Aid group, Action Against Hunger, had said earlier that one
of its staff members along with three health workers and two drivers were
missing after their convoy was attacked near the border with Niger.
One of the six hostages who had been held since July, was
eventually executed in September, while four others were killed in December.
Thereafter, the French aid group, said it was “extremely
concerned and called for the immediate release of its staff member, Grace, who
was the only one left in captivity.”
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