Boko Haram along with 16 others in exchange for a ransom of $3.15 million. As well as extortion from local residents, Boko Haram has claimed to extort money from local state governments. A spokesman of Boko Haram claimed that Kano state governor Ibrahim Shekarau and Bauchi state governor Isa Yuguda had paid them monthly. It has long been alleged that Boko Haram had a relationship with al-Qaeda. In 2011, letters from Boko Haram were reportedly found in bin Laden's compound. Three weeks after the 2009 Boko Haram uprising began, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb expressed sympathy for Boko Haram. Speaking by phone
Angel Sanctuary actually a living angel." The original title for the series was "Coming of the Seraphim", which Yuki later decided against in favor of "Angel Sanctuary", as she thought that "angel" should be included in the title and "sanctuary" had a sense of something "forbidden" or "against God". She decided to set "Angel Sanctuary" in Japan in "near future," partially because the setting would be largely unchanged and partially because she had a wish to draw modern clothing styles and sailor uniforms. As she had been already working on a successful serial, the gothic mystery manga "Earl Cain", she faced opposition