FILE PHOTO: UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria Edward Kallon speaks during the launch of the 2018 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for north-east Nigeria in Abuja, Nigeria February 8, 2018.REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Islamist militants released three aid workers and other civilians in northeast Nigeria who had been held hostage since late December, a United Nations official said on Thursday.
The people were kidnapped on Dec. 22 by militants posing as soldiers who stopped a convoy of commercial vehicles travelling towards the city of Maiduguri, state capital of the northeastern state of Borno.
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