Ebun Francis|
The federal government on Monday while condemning 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), promised to do everything “everything any responsible government should do” to save Leah Sharibu and Saifura Ahmed, another aid worker still in the hands of the insurgent group.
Hauwa Leman, an aid worker with the Red Cross was killed on Monday by the terror group. They also said that Leah Sharibu the Dapchi school girl and Saifu Ahmed, a mother of three children will be their slave for life.
In a statement on Monday, Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s minister of Information 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.
The statement read, “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.”
“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 execution of Hauwa Leman took many Nigerians by surprise even though the insurgents had threatened, on Sunday, to kill her by Monday.