Identity Of Humanitarian Worker Killed By Trigger-Happy Soldier Revealed

The identity of the humanitarian worker shot by a soldier in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State has been unveiled.

On Thursday, a trigger-happy soldier had opened fire on his colleague, humanitarian worker, and a pilot attached to the United Nations.

A soldier and a civilian reportedly lost their lives while the pilot survived with gunshots injury.

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

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

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

Sylvester Joseph wrote on Facebook, “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.”

Insinuating that the soldier who killed the aid worker had mental instability, Joseph wrote, “All I say mental health should be taken seriously in this part of the world so such eventuality will not repeat itself anymore.”