Killing of aid workers: It is time to sanction promoters for crimes against humanity - Group
- A group has condemned the killing of some aid workers by members of Boko Haram in Borno state
- The group said the killing of these humanitarian workers is horrific and barbaric
- According to the group, it is time for sponsors of the insurgency - both local and international - to be sanctioned by the world
A human rights organisation has said that the killing of some aid workers in Borno state by members of the Boko Haram terrorists' group is highly condemnable.
The Save Humanity Advocacy Centre (SHAC) reacting to the horrific killing of staff of Action Againats Hunger who were abducted by the terrorists on July 18, said by Boko Haram group said the killing of the aid workers have brought the number of the abducted humanitarian workers slain by Boko Haram to five this year.
SHAC in its reaction said it is high time It is time for the world to sanction countries financially or in other ways supporting terrorists' activities across the world.
Addressing journalists on Monday, December 16, the executive director of SHAC, Ibrahim Abubakar, called on the international community world to speak with one voice against those promoting terror in Nigeria and other parts of Africa.
"The world has again been made aware, through media reports, of Boko Haram killing of four staffers of Action Against Hunger (AAH), whom they have held captive since July 19, 2019 after they were abducted from their vehicles in the course of carrying out humanitarian work in the northeast of Nigeria," Abubakar said.
Abubakar also urged the Nigerian Military to scale up efforts to trace and free the fifth aid worker, Grace Taku, a female, whom the terrorists have reportedly consigned to a life of slavery.
"The killing of the aid workers is condemnable, utterly uncalled for and deserving of the stiffest retribution possible from the Nigerian state and all nations on earth that truly call themselves Nigeria’s friend," Abubakar said.
He said the act of cowardice as a dastardly evil against humanity that should not have happened if the international interests propping up Boko Haram had taken the sensible step of discontinuing criminal support to the bloodthirsty monsters that they have created to torment innocent civilians.
"It is of note that while Boko Haram and its Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) iteration were taken successive heavy losses from the Nigerian Armed Forces, the reported escalation of French subversive activities in the region, including clandestine delivery of logistics to the terrorists, has given the terrorists the boldness to kill captives that they had held before France decided to strengthen their hands," he added.
Source: UGC
Stating that the blood of the slain humanitarian workers is on the hands of sponsors of insurgency and the terrorists, Abubakar called for joint world action against countries perceived as sponsors of these acts.
"Time is running out for the world to speak with one voice against those promoting terror in Nigeria and other parts of Africa."
"If a bold statement is not made by the world at this time, then the whole of humanity would be put at risk because the twisted minds of these killers and their global sponsors have been perverted to a point where reason fails them," he said.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that Nigeria's secret police, the State Secret Services (SSS) has alleged that the publisher of Sahara Reporters', Omoyele Sowore is involved with three proscribed groups in Nigeria.
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A report by Premium Times had said that sources within the SSS are currently probing Sowore's alleged involvement with Boko Haram, the Indigenous People of Biafra and the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN).
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