Humanitarian worker gunned down by errant soldier identified

The identity of the humanitarian worker gunned down in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State has been unveiled.

Daily Trust had reported how a soldier opened fire on a humanitarian worker, a pilot attached to the United Nations and his colleague.

While three persons -two soldiers and a civilian – reportedly lost their lives, the pilot survived with injury.

Alem Muluseta, an official of Medicine de Monde (DM), has been identified as the aid worker who lost her life in the incident.

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Little is known about the private life of the deceased but she was from Ethiopia.

In a tribute, one of her colleagues said she worked in another humanitarian agency before joining DM.

Sylvester Joseph, a Facebook user, wrote, “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 sympathize with immediate family… Rest well Mrs Alem we will surely miss you.”