The extremist Boko Haram sect has kidnapped two first class
traditional rulers in Borno state – the Emir of Uba, Ismaila Mamza and
the Emir of Gwoza, Idrisa Timta, security officials aware of the
incidence have told PREMIUM TIMES.
The two emirs were seized by gun-wielding insurgents at 10a.m Friday
near Shaffa while they were travelling to Gombe to attend the funeral of
the Emir of Gombe, Shehu Abubakar, who died on Tuesday evening at the Royal Marsden Hospital, London, where he was undergoing treatment for cancer.
The two abducted emirs were elevated to First Class traditional ruler status only in January.
The Borno state government is yet to issue an official statement on the abduction.
The abduction came 46 days after the Boko Haram sect whisked away over 250 schoolgirls from their dormitories in Chibok.
Over 200 of the girls are yet to be freed.
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