Boko Haram: Nigerian government confirms Gwoza Emir still alive

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Channel: TV360 Nigeria · 2014 · News & Politics

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Coordinator of the National Briefing Center on the insurgency in the northeast of the country, Mike Omeri says the Emir of Gwoza is alive  and well contrat=ry to reports that he had been killed by islamist sect Boko Haram.
Boko Haram overran Gwoza in Borno state recently burning the palace of the emir and taking over the town.
There were fears that the Emir, whose father was killed by Boko Haram, may have been killed in the attack. But Omeri told newsman that the Emir managed to escape unhurt.

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