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.
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