UNIMAID: Five Killed, Four Others Missing
The lecturers’ union of the University of Maiduguri, Unimaid, has confirmed that five staff of the university were killed when Boko Haram ambushed an NNPC oil exploration team.
The union, ASUU, also said on Thursday that four other staff are still missing from the attack.
The Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, on Thursday also commiserated with the management of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, and Unimaid over the Tuesday Boko Haram ambush of the team who were on an oil prospecting mission to the Lake Chad Basin.
The team comprised Unimaid staff who were recruited by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, members of Civilian Joint Task Force, CJTF, and military personnel.
According to PREMIUM TIMES the NNPC had earlier said that the abducted persons were not its full staff but that of the Geology department of Unimaid to whom part of the oil exploration was subcontracted.
The statement by Unimaid ASUU clarified an earlier one by the Nigerian Army that all the kidnapped NNPC staff had been rescued.
The Army’s statement signed by Sani Usman, a brigadier-general and Director, Army Public Relations, said that nine soldiers and one other person were killed in the attack.
At least 27 people died after rescue efforts by soldiers and members of the Civilian Joint Task Force, CJTF. The victims included soldiers, CJTF members, and the university staff.
The ASUU chairman in the university, Danny Manmam, who addressed journalists, said that four lecturers were still missing since the attack and the rescue mission by the army.
He explained that the deceased comprise two geologists, two technologists and a driver.
The driver, a brother to the university’s vice chancellor was buried on Thursday.
The union, ASUU, also said on Thursday that four other staff are still missing from the attack.
The Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, on Thursday also commiserated with the management of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, and Unimaid over the Tuesday Boko Haram ambush of the team who were on an oil prospecting mission to the Lake Chad Basin.
The team comprised Unimaid staff who were recruited by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, members of Civilian Joint Task Force, CJTF, and military personnel.
According to PREMIUM TIMES the NNPC had earlier said that the abducted persons were not its full staff but that of the Geology department of Unimaid to whom part of the oil exploration was subcontracted.
The statement by Unimaid ASUU clarified an earlier one by the Nigerian Army that all the kidnapped NNPC staff had been rescued.
The Army’s statement signed by Sani Usman, a brigadier-general and Director, Army Public Relations, said that nine soldiers and one other person were killed in the attack.
At least 27 people died after rescue efforts by soldiers and members of the Civilian Joint Task Force, CJTF. The victims included soldiers, CJTF members, and the university staff.
The ASUU chairman in the university, Danny Manmam, who addressed journalists, said that four lecturers were still missing since the attack and the rescue mission by the army.
He explained that the deceased comprise two geologists, two technologists and a driver.
The driver, a brother to the university’s vice chancellor was buried on Thursday.
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