One aid worker killed and two wounded in Kajiji-Shagari road
Kajiji-Shagari road, Shagari, Sokoto, Nigeria Red Cross or Red Crescent
1 killed
2 wounded
One female NRCS aid worker was shot and killed and two NRCS aid workers were injured when the vehicle she was in was intercepted by an unknown armed group along the Kajiji-Shagari road, Sokoto. . Means of attack recorded as shooting. Context ambush. Actor type non-state armed group: unknown: unknown. Source: Aid Worker Security Database, incident 6293.
The person involved
LC
Lydia Chinenye Nwankwo
Killed Nigerian · 30 years old
Worked in field operations with the Nigerian Red Cross Society and with a development partner supporting the Sokoto State Ministry of Health. Her family says she served vulnerable communities in hard-to-reach areas.