The Islamic State (IS) militant group has claimed that it kidnapped a Red Cross employee in Borno State on Tuesday.
The (IS) group in a brief statement released via RocketChat on Wednesday said they kidnapped the aid worker at a fake checkpoint on the road linking the towns of Kareto and Gubio in Borno.
They gave no details about the alleged abductee’s identity nor made a demand or threat.
Meanwhile, the Red Cross Society is yet to comment on the alleged incident.
IS had declared war on aid agencies in Africa in August and its leadership reiterated the message in October, accusing humanitarian workers of implementing anti-Islam agendas.
The alleged abduction comes a day after another Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, claimed responsibility for an attack on 28 November that killed dozens of farmers in Borno.
The two jihadist groups are active in north-east Nigeria and the Lake Chad region.
