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.
SaharaReporters reported 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,” a
security source said.
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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