Muhammadu Maccido , the Sultan of Sokoto and spiritual leader of Nigeria 's Muslims , the sultan 's son , Senator Badamasi Maccido , Dr Nnennia Mgbor , the first ever female West African ENT surgeon , and Abdulrahman Shehu Shagari , son of former president Shehu Shagari , were on the passenger list .

The Islamic State ( IS ) called Name_conferral the battles of Mosul and Saladin `` the Battle of the Lion of God al-Bilawi , '' ( ) in honor of Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi .

Dr Noori Abdulrahman , head of the Department of Coordination and Follow-up of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government , stated Statement that ISIL 's 3 August campaign against Sinjar was more about demography and strategy than about religion .

According to Abdulrahman , ISIL wanted to push Motion most of the Kurds out of strategic Yazidi areas and bring in Arabs , obedient to ISIL .