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 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,” a security source told
SaharaReporters.
Two of the traditional rulers who escaped were
identified as the Emir of Askira, Abdullahi Askirama and the Emir Of Uba,
Ismaila Mamza
