Charity group, Action Against Hunger, has confirmed that a section of Boko Haram jihadists loyal to the Islamic State, has executed one of six aid workers abducted in July in Borno State.
The Paris-based organisation said in a statement on Wednesday that it was “extremely concerned” by the development.
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“The armed group holding captive an employee of Action Against Hunger, two drivers, and three health ministry personnel, have executed a hostage,” the group said.
“Action Against Hunger condemns in the strongest terms this assassination and urgently calls for the release of the hostages.”
The six Nigerian aid workers — one woman and five men — were seized by the fighters during an ambush on their convoy close to the border with Niger on July 18.
The Islamic State West Africa province group released a video in the wake of the abduction of the female ACF staff member pleading for the release of the hostages with her five male colleagues behind her.
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The jihadists had abducted and executed two female workers for the International Committee of the Red Cross last year.
The announcement of the latest execution comes after the army last week shut down ACF offices in the north, accusing the organisation of supplying “food and drugs” to the jihadists.
