US aid workers kidnapped in Nigeria

Suspected members of the Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) have reportedly abducted two security guards and three humanitarian workers of the Family Health International, FHI 360, in Borno State, northeastern Nigeria near the border with Cameroon, Report informs referring to Mega Icon Magazine.

FHI 360 is a US-based non-profit human development and non-governmental organization, NGO, dedicated to improving the health and well-being of the people.

It was learnt that the three male workers were missing from the guest house where they lived in Ngala, a border town at the fringes of Lake Chad.

It is suspected they were abducted by terrorists, however, the military and police authorities are yet to react to the incident.

According to the information scooped from Channels Television, a source disclosed that the two other security guards working for Halogen security company attached to the FHI 360 were also missing on the same night at the same lodge where the humanitarian aids were abducted.

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