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Photos of the young father of two and UN aid worker killed by Boko Haram in Rann, Borno State

Yawe Sonter Emmanuel, a staff of IOM, the United Nations Migration agency, an aid group providing humanitarian services  for those people displaced in the North Eastern Nigeria and the Cameroon, died at an IDP camp in Rann, near Maiduguri when Boko Haram terrorists attacked the camp on Thursday evening March 1.
Photos of the young father of two and UN aid worker killed by Boko Haram in Rann, Borno State
A large number of Boko Haram members armed with automatic weapons, Rocket Propelled Grenade and gun trucks attacked the military base in Rann, in Borno State, with superior fire power.  There is also an Internally Displaced persons camp there.

Photos of the young father of two and UN aid worker killed by Boko Haram in Rann, Borno State

During the incident four soldiers, four mobile police and three humanitarian workers including, Ibrahim Lawan, Yawe Emmanuel and Dr.Onyedikachi Izuogu, lost their lives and another three humanitarian workers were injured.

Photos of the young father of two and UN aid worker killed by Boko Haram in Rann, Borno State

Late Yawe has since been buried in his hometown, Korinya city in Konshisha Local Government Area of of Benue state.
He is survived by a wife, two children, mother and relations. Meanwhile see tributes by his friends below...


Photos of the young father of two and UN aid worker killed by Boko Haram in Rann, Borno State

Photos of the young father of two and UN aid worker killed by Boko Haram in Rann, Borno State

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