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Boko Haram Executes Abducted Aid Workers

Malik Yahya/

Boko Haram terrorists on Wednesday executed five aid workers, including a private security guard, abducted a month ago in Borno State.

NewsmakersNG learnt that the insurgents had earlier demanded  $500,000 for the release of the aid workers.

The executions were recorded in a video released by terrorists.

It would be recalled that the five humanitarian worker were kidnapped along Maiduguri/Monguno road last month.

They had made passionate appeal to the Federal Government as well as their organisation to intervene and secure their freedom in a video released last month.

The captives’ plea was contained in a two-minute video released by the Islamic sect, showing the humanitarian workers and staff of State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Action Against Hunger, Rich International, International Rescue Committee, and a private security guard urging the government to come to their rescue.

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