Boko Haram insurgents have abducted a humanitarian aid worker Abubakar Idris in Borno.
The aid worker, who is also known as Alooma, was taken hostage along Damaturu-Maiduguri road in Borno on Saturday.
The insurgents had earlier attacked some commuters near Matari village between Minok to Jakana road around 8:30am on the same day.
A source said Idris was on a private trip from Damaturu, Yobe State capital when the incident occurred. .
The insurgents, dressed in military camouflage, mounted a roadblock on the highway with three Hilux vans and motorcycles.
“While searching the passengers, Idris attempted to throw away his identification card but in the process, one of the insurgents sighted him,” the source quoted by TheCable said.
The incident comes weeks after Emmanuel Peter, a humanitarian worker with the World Food Program (WFP), was abducted by the insurgents and forced to fake his own death.
