The Shehu of Borno Dr. Mustapha El-Kanemi has said that none of the leaders of the Boko Haram insurgents is from Borno State.
A statement yesterday by the spokesman of the presidential fact-finding committee on the rescue of the abducted schoolgirls of Chibok, Kingsley Osadolor, quoted the monarch as saying this yesterday when the committee paid him a courtesy visit.
E-Kanemi, who described the schoolgirls’ abduction as unfortunate, said the Kanem Borno Empire had been in existence for some 1,200 years and that his people were peace-loving.
“What is happening now is unfortunate. It is entirely new to us. None of the leaders of Boko Haram is from Borno. They cannot claim to be from here. The problem was brought to us from elsewhere,” the Shehu of Borno was quoted to have said.
According to the statement, the chairman of the committee, Gen. Ibrahim Sabo (rtd), had earlier told the Shehu of Borno that the committee had entered a crucial phase of its assignment, saying: “We are now in the
main theatre where the Chibok schoolgirls were taken away against their will. The whole world is mobilised against the abduction, and we cannot be happy while our daughters remain in captivity. We are not here with preconceived notions. We are here to find facts that will lead to a resolution of the current hostage crisis involving the schoolgirls”.
E-Kanemi, who described the schoolgirls’ abduction as unfortunate, said the Kanem Borno Empire had been in existence for some 1,200 years and that his people were peace-loving.
“What is happening now is unfortunate. It is entirely new to us. None of the leaders of Boko Haram is from Borno. They cannot claim to be from here. The problem was brought to us from elsewhere,” the Shehu of Borno was quoted to have said.
According to the statement, the chairman of the committee, Gen. Ibrahim Sabo (rtd), had earlier told the Shehu of Borno that the committee had entered a crucial phase of its assignment, saying: “We are now in the
main theatre where the Chibok schoolgirls were taken away against their will. The whole world is mobilised against the abduction, and we cannot be happy while our daughters remain in captivity. We are not here with preconceived notions. We are here to find facts that will lead to a resolution of the current hostage crisis involving the schoolgirls”.
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