The Shehu of Borno, Dr Mustapha El-Kanemi, has disowned leaders of the Boko Haram, saying that none of them is from Borno State, contrary to the belief in many quarters.
The Shehu said this while receiving the presidential fact-finding committee on the abduction of the Chibok girls in his palace in Maiduguri.
“What is happening now is unfortunate. It’s 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 monarch said.
He observed that in the 1,200 years of the existence of Kanem Borno Empire, the people had remained peace-loving.
He regretted that Borno State had suffered severe socio-economic dislocation as a result of insurgency in recent years.
The committee members, led by the chairman, Brigadier-General Ibrahim Sabo (rtd.), were in Chibok in continuation of the fact-finding mission, which the statement said had entered a crucial phase.
“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,” the statement added.
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