By RFIPalled on 20-09-2019Modified on 20-09-2019 at 23:37

This was announced by a spokesman for the Nigerian army in a statement on 20 September. On Wednesday, the same army had forced the NGO to close its office in Maiduguri (northeastern Nigeria) in the grip of a jihadist insurgency, and this "without warning or explanation," according to the NGO. The Nigerian military accuses Action Against Hunger for "helping" the Boko Haram branch affiliated with ISIS by providing "medicines" and "food".

Everything rushed Wednesday night. Action Against Hunger workers in Maiduguri say they saw Nigerian military vehicles in front of the NGO's premises and forced the team to evacuate and close the offices. The director of Action Against Hunger in Nigeria said he was " very surprised ", saying he had " no information " on the reason for the imposed closure.

It was not until Thursday that the army gave an official explanation. In a statement, Colonel Isa Ado, spokesman for the operation to fight against jihadist groups in northern Nigeria, accused the NGO of carrying out " unhealthy " and " subversive " activities in support of fighters Boko Haram / Islamic State Branch, and in particular continued to provide them with " medicine and food " despite " repeated warnings " of the military, according to the version of this spokesman.

The NGO has not yet responded to these accusations. The day before, following the brutal closure of her office in Maidiguri, she had only called on the country's authorities to let her work and regretted that the closure would force her to immediately suspend her programs, which provide support to millions of vulnerable people in the country. this region in crisis.

Recall that since last July, six employees of ACF are detained by the ISIS-affiliated Boko Haram branch that the army accuses them of " helping " today.

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