Two of the four people killed were a truck driver and his assistant. Four people were killed after Boko Haram militants ambushed a convoy of the World Food Programme (WFP), the food-assistance branch of the United Nations (UN), in Borno State on Saturday, December 16, 2017.The terrorists attacked one of the WFP’s military-escorted convoy of food trucks which was taking supply to an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Ngala village of Borno State.According to the organisation’s Communication Officer at the Maiduguri area office, Adedeji Ademigbuji, two of the four people killed were the truck driver and his assistant.He said, “WFP can confirm that a convoy escorted by the Nigerian military including WFP hired trucks was the subject of an attack by armed groups 35km southwest of Ngala in Borno State on Saturday (16 December).”Four people, including the driver of a WFP-hired truck and a driver’s assistant, were killed in the incident. WFP extends its condolences to the bereaved families.
