Nine years after Boko Haram abducted 276 students from a girls’ school in Chibok, 98 girls are still being held by Boko Haram, and a slew of abductions have taken place since.
The Niger state commissioner of information and strategy, abducted on August 9, was freed five days later.
The 116 schoolchildren were kidnapped in May.
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger says bandits and kidnappers terrorising the country are not true Fulani.
Niger government says it has converted all boarding schools to day schools and bought over 2,000 motorcycles.
State governor Abubakar Sami Bello had weeks ago raised an alarm about Boko Haram invasion of the state.
Governor Sani-Bello described the death of the emir as a colossal loss to the state in general and the Kagara emirate.
