The United Nations, UN, on Thursday said it would temporarily put on hold aid deliveries to Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs camps in Borno State after an attack on a humanitarian convoy.

YNaija had earlier reported that unidentified gunmen attacked a humanitarian convoy on Thursday as it returned to Maiduguri after delivering aid in Bama.

The officials’ convoy, escorted by heavily armed soldiers, came under heavy attack as they made their way to Bama

Staff of UNICEF as well as an International Organisation for Migration contractor, were injured in the process.

UNICEF said, “The United Nations has temporarily suspended humanitarian assistance missions pending review of the security situation.”

UNICEF had earlier this month declared that nearly a quarter of a million children in the state suffer from life-threatening malnourishment while expressing fears that around one in five will die if they do not receive treatment.

Also, just last Wednesday, Medecins Sans Frontieres had noted that poorly fed children were dying in large numbers in Northeast Nigeria, where food supplies are almost running out.

Azeez