The identity of the humanitarian worker gunned down in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State has been revealed.
The deceased has been identified as Alem Muluseta.
Quest Times reports a soldier opened fire on a humanitarian worker, a pilot attached to the United Nations and his colleague before he was neutralised by troops.
Theatre Commander of Operation Hadin Kai, Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa in a statement disclosed in a statement issued by Assistant Director, Army Public Relations of the Command, Maj. Samson Zhakom on Thursday, November 17.
He said the same soldier also killed another soldier and injured the co-pilot of one of the UN helicopters
While three persons -two soldiers and a civilian – reportedly lost their lives, the pilot survived with injury.
Mrs. Muluseta, before her death, was an official of Medicine de Monde (DM).
Little is known about the private life of the deceased but she was from Ethiopia, according to media sources.
In a tribute, one of her colleagues said she worked as Coordinator at Premiere Urgency International before joining DM.
“The ugly incident that happened in Damboa yesterday in Borno State is a blow to the entire humanitarian community, as an aid worker you have sacrificed a lot for humanity. Mrs Alem Muluseta, you will be missed surely my former human resources coordinator at Premiere Urgency International and presently with Medeci de Monde; I sincerely sympathizee with immediate family… Rest well Mrs. Alem we will surely miss you,” Sylvester Joseph, a Facebook user, wrote.