Boko Haram killed 611 teachers in six years – UN

The United Nations on Friday said about 611 teachers were killed in Nigeria between 2009 and 2015 in an insurgency that has ravaged the country’s northeast.

The UN National Information Officer, Mr Oluseyi Soremekun, who made the disclosure in a media advisory, said that about 910 schools were destroyed, while at least 1, 500 others were forced to close in the years under review.

Soremekun said that the advisory was on a report entitled: “Launch of the 2016 Global Education Monitoring Report in Nigeria” to be launched on Monday in Abuja.

Quoting the report, Somerekun said, “As of 2015 in Nigeria, where Boko Haram has targeted education workers and students, at least 611 teachers had been deliberately killed and 19,000 forced to flee since 2009.

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