A features editor with Thisday newspapers, Adeola Akinremi reportedly
received a threat mail from members of the insurgency group, Boko
Haram over his anti-Boko Haram articles. Akinremi received the threat
mail in May after his visit to Adamawa state to investigate the plight of
Internally Displaced Persons and the activities of the sect in the state.
Akinremi afterwards wrote a piece titled, Why Boko Haram don’t
deserve our amnesty?.
See a copy of the threat mail signed by one Abu Musab Abul-Barnawi
and exclusively obtained by The Cable after the cut...
"We have seen your hand against us . Inshallah you will die like
other infidels that we captured. You have been joining our
enemies. You are made yourself their mouth [sic] but we will get
you insha Allah. This is a holy mission for Allah, so stop writing
against us. “You’re going too Michika calling yourself a brave
journalist, but you’re a coward. We will get you. Its your
government that talks amnesty, we are not looking for amnesty.
Allah is with us. You’re now a walking dead and a prey to the
Lions of Islam from the bullet of a passing car or a nearby
rooftop. “We are not asking you to repent, because of your error,
we will use your blood to send warning to others. Those people
from America and Europe that are using you against our mission
will soon know the truth. Our wounded fighters will never give
up. they will return to fight for Allah to get their reward. Your
soldier will soon know the truth.”
Thisday has suffered attacks from the sect in the past. In April 2012,
the Abuja and Kano office of the media house came under attacks from
Boko Haram.
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