Suspected members of the extremist Boko Haram Islamist sect have shot dead five persons believed to be humanitarian workers.

The Boko Haram terrorist group released a video online purporting to show the execution of the five Nigerian men.

The gunmen who carried out the killing said their victims were aid workers working for non-government organisations.

The 35- second video featured five hooded armed men standing behind five abductees who were kneeling before them.

A voice was heard speaking in Hausa before the execution, saying that the five persons were working for infidels.

“Those of you that are being used by infidels to turn others to infidels, know this today oh, you who work for infidel groups, you satisfy their aims but they do not care about you and that is why when we catch you they do not show concern. Our call to you is to repent and follow Allah; we shall waylay you in all the roads that you follow and if you don’t listen, the fate of these ones will befall you,” the voice said.

The victims are believed to be aid workers captured during a raid in Monguno Local Government of Borno State on June 13, 2020.

The execution came after the insurgents demanded the sum of 500,000 dollars to release them.