The federal government has condemned
the execution of Hauwa Leman, an aid worker with the International Committee of
the Red Cross (ICRC), by The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a
faction of Boko Haram.
Lai Mohammed, minister of
information, said the government did “everything any responsible government
should do” to save Leman and Saifura Ahmed, another aid worker that had been
killed in similar circumstances.
Leman
was killed on Monday. According to a video seen by TheCable, she was forced to
kneel down, with her hands tied inside a white hijab which has a crest symbol,
and then shot at close range.
Reacting via a statement,
Mohammed said the government is deeply pained by the incident.
He also said the government kept
negotiations open, trying to rescue the women, and had acted in the best
interest of the women and the country.
“It is very unfortunate that it
has come to this. Before and after the deadline issued by her abductors, the federal
government did everything any responsible government should do to save the aid
worker,” the statement read.
“As we have been doing since
these young women were abducted, we kept the line of negotiations open all
through. In all the negotiations, we acted in the best interest of the women
and the country as a whole.
“We are deeply pained by this
killing, just like we were by the recent killing of the first aid worker.
However, we will keep the negotiations open and continue to work to free the
innocent women who remain in the custody of their abductors.”
The insurgents had threatened, on
Sunday, to kill Leman by Monday.
Toafic Toure, ICRC operational
communication delegate, Maiduguri sub-delegation, subsequently pleaded with the
federal government to avert Leman’s killing as the Monday deadline approached.
The insurgents also threatened to
enslave Leah Sharibu, the only Christian among the 110 girls abducted at the
Government Girls’ Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe state, on
February 19, 2018.
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