The two were identified as an employee of UN World Food Programme, who had just attended his wedding, and a colleague from the International Committee of the Red Cross who had been the best man at the ceremony.

Terrorists have kidnapped two aid workers in Nigeria's restive northeast Borno State as they were returning from a wedding, humanitarian and security sources said Saturday.

The two were identified as an employee of UN World Food Programme, who had just attended his wedding, and a colleague from the International Committee of the Red Cross who had been the best man at the ceremony.

Islamic State West Africa Province seized them on Wednesday near Jakana village, the sources said.

"ISWAP terrorists took the two aid workers hostage at a checkpoint they mounted near Jakana," a UN source told AFP.

The hostages were returning to the regional capital Maiduguri from the wedding in neighbouring Adamawa State when they were stopped at a bogus checkpoint around 1230 GMT, the source said.

The WFP worker "had his wedding on November 28 and the Red Cross colleague was his best man," said the UN source.

A military source in Jakana confirmed the kidnap of "two humanitarian staff by ISWAP terrorists."

On Wednesday, the UN issued a memo informing its staff about the abduction of a "UN national staff embarking on a private trip… by NSAG (non-state armed group)".

The memo did not state which UN agency the kidnapped staffer worked for.

The incident happened along the 120-kilometre Maiduguri/Damaturu highway which passes through Jakana, said the memo seen by AFP.

In a statement on Friday, ISWAP said it seized "two Christians working for the Red Cross organisation".

The group said the incident occurred at a checkpoint between the village of Mainok and Maiduguri.

Jakana, 25 kilometres from Maiduguri, lies on a known crossing route for ISWAP fighters moving between their camps in the Benisheikh forest area of Borno and their hideouts in the Buni Yadi area of Yobe state.

Since it split from mainstream Boko Haram group in 2016, ISWAP has intensified attacks on military targets, but it has increasingly been targeting civilians.

Thousands of people have been killed and around two million displaced in the Islamist conflict, which started 11 years ago in Nigeria's northeast.

The violence has spread to neighbouring Niger, Cameroon and Chad, leading to the formation of a regional military force to fight the insurgents.

https://saharareporters.com/2020/12/12/terrorists-kidnap-groom-best-man-shortly-after-wedding-borno

Imagine having your honey moon in the forest as a hostage. Too bad

Better make them collect bride price back, use am pay for the ransom

I just pity people living in that Boko Haram state

Well on behalf of the Nigerian govt, the police and the army, dis didnt happen... Thank U

It evident that some people were created just to be nuisance to the human race.
Boko Haram and all their supporters will never know peace

Some people just decided to be useless

Instead of you to be useful in life, a soul will decide to be a nuisance
Smh

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Another fake news to discredit our Darling Daddy


This can not happen in our peaceful Arewa land, especially under the best president in the world, baba Buhari.

It is the work of enemies of state to tarnish Baba Buhari's government.

Imagine just within 6years of leadership, baba has transformed Arewa land to Makah and Medinah of Sub-sahara Africa where all people now visit for pilgrimage.

Any wonder why the president of China, president Xi decided to relocate his office to Arewa land. Who no like better thing Even the great Putin has put in his name for a crash course on leadership, which Baba would be giving other world leaders, particularly those that were wowed by the heavenly inspired leadership skill of Baba Buhari.

It baffles enemies of state how baba has turned Arewa land into a paradisical Eldorado within the shortest period of time

Dan iska Yerobas, Dan iska Biafrans through their media controlled propaganda, thought they have buried our Darling Daddy, not knowing baba Buhari is a GMO seed

I know it will be difficult convincing enemies of state that baba is the best thing that ever happened to Nigeria. After all, one can not convince a monkey that sugar is sweeter than banana

All I have to say is,,,,,,,

Sai baba
Sai Buhari
Mai Gaskiya to the world!!!!



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Kidnapping must be a high paying business in the Northern part.

Different terrorist groups establishing their branch/head office in Nigeria, because they have seen and evaluated the environment and it turns out that the business will flourish in the area. Even Boko Haram have seize from bombing as they are now into full time kidnapping business while masquerading themselves as bandits.

We don't even know some of the companies that are into this kidnappings exploration, since all of them are referred to as bandits

This is fake news and hate speech at the same time. Except Lie Mohammed says otherwise.

Damnnn niggarrrr
Too bad
Wahalar nor too much for Nigeria

You can't say what is what in Nigeria. One news now another debunks it.

Let’s ask lai maybe it’s fake news

How can this happen? I don't believe it because Buhari has secured the North more than Johnny just come Jonathan.

Buhari shut up and act!!

For those shouting north up and down!!


Out of 19 Northern state... We are facing security challenges in 4 northern states... That happens to be villages.

But because of the love and unity in the north... We share the pains of these states protesting and demanding for a secured north.

But bigots online and offline would come to tell you whole the whole northern states has been terrorized.

Once their is kidnapping in any village in Zamfara.

They will tell you tell that kidnapers are kidnapping in the north.

They will never tell you people were kidnapped in a village in Zamfara or Kastina rather they would say north.

They're are doing all this to send a signal that the whole of Northern state is unsafe.


Gombe is one of the safest state in Nigeria.

Bauchi is safe!!

Kano is safe!!

Adamawa is safe!!

Yobe is safe!!

Jigawa is safe!!

Kebbi is safe!!

Taraba is safe!!

And other northern states that hardly record case of robbery in a year.

But children of hate would come online to tell the world how unsafe the whole northern region is.

The north is not a state... The north is a region with 19 states.

The north will continue growing stronger!!

We shall overcome every challenges!!

When are these idiots in the north going to say enough is enough and hit the streets to protest? In less than a month 110 farmers beheaded, 600 school kids kidnapped and now this. Dem don use religion tie una destiny down, na to dey get erection ontop Arab religion wey no be una ancestor religion una sabi. Shioor

Lies! Fake news! Maiduguri is safer than Lagos.The pudding they all cooked a long time ago is being served.Karma is a bitch.

Hundreds Of Secondary School Students Kidnapped In Katsina
https://sojivibe.com/hundreds-of-secondary-school-students-kidnapped-in-katsina/

Via @SojiVibeMedia

Fake news

Our darling president is working

tɦɨs ʟɨʄɛ ɨs ċօʍքʟɨċatɛɖ
ɦօա ċaռ ʏօʊ ҡɨɖռaք a ɢʀօօʍ sɦօʀtʟʏ aʄtɛʀ աɛɖɖɨռɢ ɖօռ't tɦɛʏ աaռt ɦɨʍ tօ tɛst աɦat ɦɛ ɮօʊɢɦt
tɦɛ ɖaʏ աɛʏ tɦɛ ɢʀօօʍ sʊքքօsɛ ʄʊċҡ tɦɛ ɦɛʟʟ օʊtta ɦɨs ռɛա ɦɛռ
ċɦaօ, քɛօքʟɛ aʀɛ աɨċҡɛɖ sɦa

Can someone actually provide an explanation for the sudden steep spike in insecurity in the North?
This has become an everyday affair.
Anyway check any country that doesn't have a president but a presidency in charge; they are hardly ever normal.
Anyway,was the bride just saved from making a lifelong mistake?

Which kain wahala be this?

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Its not funny

Terrible

When you feel you have seen it all...


Another shit pops up

uncleck:
Imagine having your honey moon in the forest as a hostage. Too bad

I am speechless.

This is getting serious. Where are those that said APC is working? I pray all these atrocity will befall on those that vote this man in as a president.

I think security is better now than years back_guvr zulum of maiduguri