Boko Haram kills abducted female health worker, says Leah Sharibu is next

Leah Sharibu

The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a faction of Boko Haram has killed Saifura Ahmed one of the three humanitarian workers abducted in Rann, Kala Balge local government area of Borno state.

ISWAP was responsible for the kidnap of the over one hundred Dapchi school girls earlier in the year.

Saifura was one of the humanitarian workers abducted during a raid on a military facility in the area on March 1, 2018.

Hauwa Leman, one of the workers abducted, had sent an audio to one of her friends, demanding that her parents be informed that she had been kidnapped.

Following the murder of Ahmed, Leman and Alice Ngaddah, a mother of two, are the ones in captivity among the three people abducted in Rann on March 1.

According to a report in TheCable, the deceased was wearing a white hijab. She was shot from behind.

The insurgents claimed that they had contacted government over the captives but did not get any response.

“We contacted the government through writing and also sent audio messages but the government have ignored us. So, here is a message of blood,” said a spokesman of the group who did not give his name.

“The other nurse and midwife will be executed in similar manner in one month, including Leah Sharibu.”

The ICRC has confirmed the identity of the victim, promising to issue a statement.