Boko Haram Sends Death Threat To ThisDay Newspaper Editor (Read Letter)

 

Suspected members of the Boko Haram sect have threatened to murder ThisDay newspapers features Editor Adeola Akinremi. According to TheCable, the letter was threat was conveyed to her through an email on the 10th of May, 2015 but seen on yesterday, Tuesday the 7th of July, 2015 by their correspondent. The journalist who travelled to Adamawa state for a coverage of the attrocities perpetrated by the sect as well as the predicaments of the internally displaced persons wrote an article against the sect titled "Why Boko Haram Doesn't Deserve amnesty"

 

In response to her article, they sent a death threat to her which reads:

“We have seen your hand against us . Inshallah you will die like other infidels that we captured,” read the mail, signed by one Abu Musab Abul-Barnawi.

“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.”

 

It should be noted that since inception in 2009, Boko Haram has killed two Nigerian Journalists.

THISDAY newspapers have ad their fair share of attacks after their offices in Abuja and Kaduna were reportedly bombed in 2012.