Nigeria: UN Diplomat "Outraged" at Ongoing Terror

Lagos — SAID Djinnit, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) for West Africa, expressed anger at the recent spate of terror that has claimed hundreds of lives in recent days.

"Mr. Djinnit expresses his profound outrage at the attacks, which resulted, according to initial reports, in the death of more than 130 people and forced a score number of about 15 000 people to move to the Borno State capital of Maiduguri, or to neighbour towns of Biu and Goniri," read a statement from the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA).

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