Members of the Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram, today kidnapped
three traditional rulers—called Emirs—in Nigeria’s volatile and
violence-plagued northeast. Two of the emirs were later escaped unhurt,
but the third, Muhammadu Idrisa Timta, the Emir of Gwoza, died at the
hands of the kidnappers.
It was learnt that Boko Haram gunmen seized the emirs as
they made a trip to Gombe, the capital of Gombe State, to attend the
funeral of the Emir of Gombe, Shehu Abubakar, who died last Tuesday in
London.
“Boko Haram militants ambushed their [emirs’] convoy and kidnapped
the traditional rulers."
Two of the traditional rulers who escaped were identified as the
Emir of Askira, Abdullahi Askirama and the Emir Of Uba, Ismaila Mamza
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