Statement by Commissioner Janez Lenarčič on the execution of abducted aid workers in Northeast Nigeria

Janez Lenarčič, Commissioner for Crisis Management, has issued the following statement:

The EU joins the humanitarian community in strongly condemning the recent killing of aid workers that were abducted in June along the Monguno-Maiduguri road in Northeast Nigeria.
The EU would like to express its condolences with the families, friends and colleagues of the five victims and our thoughts are with them.