Last week, unknown assailants attacked a humanitarian convoy returning from Bama in Borno state to the state capital Maiduguri after delivering desperately needed humanitarian assistance.
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The statement did not reveal the nature of the injuries.
He said that in the light of ongoing efforts, the presidency regrets the recent attack on the United Nations humanitarian convoy in the Northeastern region and are encouraged by the world body’s determination to continue rendering assistance to the displaced victims.
We can not let this heartless attack divert any of us from reaching the more than two million people who are in dire need of immediate humanitarian assistance.
He said: “The London Telegraph’s article “Children Face Death by Starvation in Northern Nigeria” (30th July, 2016) repeats a claim from an earlier piece “Nigeria Using UK Aid to Persecute President’s Political Foes” (12th April, 2016) – that Nigeria is diverting UK aid monies away from defeating the Islamist terror group Boko Haram towards those the newspaper identifies as political opponents of the Administration”.
Almost 250,000 children suffer from life-threatening malnourishment in Borno and around one in five will die if they do not receive treatment, UNICEF said earlier this month.
An estimated 49,000 children – nearly 1 in 5 – will die if they are not reached with treatment, according to the report.
More than 500,000 people are suffering a “catastrophic humanitarian crisis” in dangerous-to-reach areas, said the doctors.
The Nigerian military reported three civilians and two soldiers in a military escort were injured Thursday, and that the wounded are recovering in a Maiduguri hospital.
But while Mr Buhari has been concentrating his efforts on tackling political unrest in southern Nigeria, U.S. military officials involved in the campaign against Boko Haram report there has been a sharp increase in terrorist attacks carried out by the group in recent weeks.
Its attacks have spread to neighbouring Niger, Chad and Cameroon, which prompted those nations to combine troops to form the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF).
All those affected by the attack have received medical treatment and are reported to be in a stable condition. Since June, the attacks have even been promoted by media outlets of the so-called Islamic State, to which Boko Haram’s leaders have sworn allegiance.
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Mercy Corps has been working in Nigeria since 2012 both to address urgent humanitarian needs and implement long-term solutions that help individuals and communities build resilience, with a particular focus on empowering adolescent girls, teaching conflict-mitigation skills and connecting people to financial services.
