By Ndahi Marama

MAIDUGURI—WIFE and daughter to Shehu of Bama, Alhaji Kyari Ibn Ibrahim Elkanemi, abducted by Boko Haram insurgents two years ago, have regained their freedom.

Sources said when the General Officer Commanding 7 Division, Nigeria Army, Brig. Gen. Victor Ezugwu, who brought the Queen and her daughter to Shehu of Bama in Maiduguri, yesterday at about 1:30p.m., some relations wept, while others were jubilating.

Shehu of Bama, Alhaji Kyari Ibn Ibrahim Elkanemi

It would be recalled that Queen Hajju was abducted in 2014 along with two of her children during deadly attacks on Bama town, which was later taken over by the insurgents.

Unfortunately, her son was killed by the insurgents, leaving her daughter and the Queen in Boko Haram captivity, before troops rescued them during their operations around Damboa axis within the week.

A family source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, disclosed that when the royal father sighted his wife, he wept profusely, while some family members embraced the Queen and her daughter.

Some dignitaries who visited the resident of Shehu of Bama to welcome the returnees include wife of Borno State Governor, Hajiya Nana Shettima; Deputy Governor Usman Durkwa and other government functionaries.