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His target was believed to have been the most senior Muslim leader in Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Umar Garbai El-Kanemi.
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"The problem was caused by those who were preaching against it, " says Alhaji Attahiru Ahmad, the Emir of Anka in the northern-western state of Zamfara.
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In a second attack a few weeks later, a suicide bomber tried to kill the traditional leader of the Fika emirate in Yobe state, Alhaji Muhammed Abali Ibn Mohammed Idrisa.
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But Alhaji Unisa Alim Sesay, who was at the meeting with Kabbah, claimed that Thompson is not painting a true picture of what transpired during last week's meeting with the country's president.
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The total break down of law and order and daily carnage made the governor of Borno, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, put the blame squarely on the doorsteps of his fellow politicians and the Nigerian government as the primary cause of the country's state of insecurity.
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Aged 46 and with no apparent likelihood of Gambians being tempted to lose their marbles at polling booths, the chances are His Excellency Sheikh, Professor, Alhaji, Doctor Yahya AJJ Jammeh will be around for a long time as President and Commander in Chief of the Republic of The Gambia.
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