A top security source in Kano has informed SaharaReporters that a
group claiming to be an affiliate of Jama’atu Ahlis sunna Lida’awati wal
ihad (popularly called Boko Haram) has threatened to bomb Cool FM 96.9,
a radio station based in Kano, the capital of Kano State. The sect,
which identified itself as Jama’atul Qatlul Kafir fi Sabilillahi,
reportedly accused the radio station of being pro-Christian and
anti-Islam.
SaharaReporters learnt that the sect dispatched a letter to the broadcaster accusing it of blaspheming Prophet Muhammad.
We are working to establish if the sect truly exists so as to avoid a
repeat of the January, 2012 attacks in which hundreds of people were
killed in Kano,” said our source. He added that the agencies were
working hard and had taken the threat letter seriously. “I cannot say
much more in order not to jeopardize our investigations,” the source
told our correspondent.An official of the radio station made the
text of the letter available to Sahara Reporters. The highly
ungrammatical letter is reproduced below, unedited:
“As we
embark on fresh attacks to commemorate the insult done to our beloved
Prophet Muhammad (SWT) .This is hereby warning you/alerting your station
that you might be affected due to some disregard attitudes towards
Islam and our people. Reports came to us that your stations are
Christian inclined and we made our investigations to ascertaining that.
There
are some people among you that fall in our target list as we noted
their CAN membership and they shall expect our wrath in a short-while,
but for now.
We warn you. We also forewarn our Muslim
brothers in the station not to be involved in any act of offence to
Islam and that they should limit their movements into the stations to
avoid being affected.
We once again commend the jihad of
our brothers in Libya that killed an American envoy and some non
Muslims; It is indeed an act worthy of commendation and adoption.”
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