Premium Times reports that Boko Haram men this morning kidnapped 2 first class traditional rulers in Borno State – the Emir of Uba, Ismaila Mamza and the Emir of Gwoza, Idrisa Timta. According to security officials who spoke with Premium Times, the emirs were seized by the gun-wielding insurgents around 10a.m today (Friday May 30, 2014) near Shaffa while they were traveling to Gombe to attend the funeral of the Emir of Gombe, Shehu Abubakar, who died on Tuesday May 27th.
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.