Boko Haram has named popular newspapers and broadcast media as its new target

The extremist group, Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati Wal-Jihadl, popularly called Boko Haram, today named more media houses and staff as targets of its attack (find full transcript of video below).

In an 18-minute video, the group threatened to attack more media houses, naming Voice of America (Hausa), Radio France (Hausa), Daily Trust, Guardian Newspapers, among others.

In part, the video contained footages of the THISDAY blast site apparently downloaded from the websites of CHANNELS TV and PREMIUM TIMES.

The group also gave reasons why it bombed Thisday office in Abuja and other media houses last Thursday.

“This is a message from jamaatu ahlis sunnah lil daawati wal jihad, and we wish to inform Nigerians our reasons for attacking some media houses,” the group said.

The video also shows that the radical group carried a live coverage of the bombing in Abuja and filmed the explosion at Thisday.
 
The group created the new Youtube video under the name Alhaji Mani.

Click here to watch video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDqv6srmoI4

 

Read full transcript of video below.

Boko Haram video transcription

Video has a background music in Hausa language, saying," Nigerians, our name is not Boko Haram, we are Muslims, Ahlis sunnah". The lyrics also said, “We attacked Thisday because we will never forget or forgive anyone who abused our prophet.”

First written message says the video is from ‘Public awareness department which presents; ‘Reasons for attacking Thisday Newspaper’

The Video also shows coverage of the suicide attack at Thisday office in Abuja.

It also shows a man wielding a rifle and reciting some prayer verses. Shots of the late leader of the sect Muhammad Yusuf, delivering a sermon, and in other clips, preaching, was shown.

Full transcription

"This is a message from the public awareness department of the Jamatu Ahlis sunnah lil daawati wal jihad, a group engaged in jihad in Nigeria.

"We wish to explain about the attack we carried out on Thisday Newspapers. Some of the reasons why we decided to attack some Media Houses, especially Thisday, is because the paper was used in dishonouring our prophet, Mohammad (SAW) during a beauty pageant in Kaduna in November 2002.

"At that time, some people who called themselves leaders of Muslims came out to say they have forgiven those who committed the offence.

"But based on our knowledge, we know that no one has the power to forgive anyone for an offence that God himself has given judgement, especially on an offence that has to do with dishonouring Prophet Muhammad (SAW).

"No one has the power to forgive this type of offence, and the judgement is for such persons to be killed.

"This lady that committed this crime, the judgement on her is to be killed at any opportunity; and the media house is also supposed to be driven out of existence whenever there is a chance to do so.

"We are just getting the opportunity to attack the media house, and we are hoping to continue these attacks until we drive them out of existence.

"It is our hope that Allah (SWT) will help his religion.

"We know that any genuine Muslim must have been deeply touched by the Thisday incident.
 

"Thisday newspaper is also leading in helping the government in fighting us, alongside other media houses that we will mention soon.

"Some of the offences of Thisday and other media outlets include: firstly, during the botched attempt to rescue some kidnapped foreign nationals in Sokoto; these media houses asked us if we have anything to do with the kidnap and we said we have nothing to do with it, yet these media houses reported that we were responsible for the incident, that was a lie against us.

"Secondly, when we sent a video of our leader, Abubakar Shekau, the media houses reported things that our leader did not say, such as that in response to the president’s threat to finish us in three months, we have also threatened to finish the government in three months. But the truth is, nowhere in the video did our leader said what they attributed to him.

"Thirdly, on the purported arrest of Abu Qaqa by the SSS, we have come out to tell them that the person arrested was not Abu Qaqa,yet the media continue to potray us as liars, and even said that our leader had ordered for Abu Qaqa II to be executed, and we are now searching for Abu Qaqa III.

"Recently too, they came out with another lie that one Mohammed Awwal Kontagora was the Abu Qaqa II that was executed, and that even his parents confirmed it, that was just a big lie to convince the world.

"The media also said that we have killed the father of Abu Darda, so as to pass a message to him, because he had leaked our secrets after his arrest by security agencies, and they  wanted him to know that he is one of our targets.

"These are all lies, and they are many.

"These media houses have committed a lot of offences that is detrimental to Islam, and we don’t have the power to forgive them. We will take revenge on them by God’s grace, some of these media houses have been categorized into three groups.

"The first group is the likes of Thisday whose offences are big.

"The second group we will also attack soon are Punch, Daily Sun, Vanguard, Guardian, Nation, Tribune, and National Accord, which are all newspaper houses.

"There is also VOA Hausa radio. All these media houses we will attack them including their staff and offices, by God’s grace.

"VOA Hausa for instance have recently started campaigning for people to support the government against us by exposing us,

"The next group that are on the verge of joining this list who if they are not careful we will attack very soon include, Leadership, Daily Trust, Peoples Daily and RFI(Radio France international)

"There is an online medium known as Saharareporters who have their office in New York, and who have made their site as a platform for attack against Islam. So we are warning them to stop making their site an avenue for attacking Islam, otherwise we will find a way of attacking them too.

"We resorted to using this medium to send our message instead of the normal tele-conference because of the fear by journalists; which made them refuse to conduct the conference.

"We are grateful to God for the success recorded on the attack on Thisday, and we hope to continue such attacks.

"Finally, the government has now resorted to arresting our wives and children and also demolishing our houses, like they did in Biu recently, that is why we have also resolved to start attacking government schools, especially, tertiary ones.

"We promise to demolish 500 buildings for any one of our houses that the government destroys.

"We have already started with Gombe and Kano."






God help my country Nigeria o. Pls GEJ sld ask 4 external help we obviously cannot handle these plp on our own

Very chilling and terrifying message.

But could be strategic to create an atmosphere of fear and a larger than life image.

They threaten Saharareporters in New York too hmmm that's serious.

I noticed some of the papers mentioned did not report the news and I don't blame them if na you wetin u go do?

Clear indication that Nigeria is under attack, we need to be conscious of that to guide our planning till the issue is brought under control.

May GOD guide and protect us. Amen

Nigeria is indeed under attack. Sometin tels me it wl only get ugly. God help us.

since these folks acknowledges themselves as muslims and have the devilish act of not forgiving an offense that's 10 years old, then i think Islam is a religion for evil pple, murderers and terrorists.

The transcript says it all. How many times has Jesus and God been openly abused without any christian fighting back? God in the bible says vengeance is his. May be the quran says otherwise

lumideezle:
Boko Haram has named popular newspapers and broadcast media as its new target

The extremist group, Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati Wal-Jihadl, popularly called Boko Haram, today named more media houses and staff as targets of its attack (find full transcript of video below).

In an 18-minute video, the group threatened to attack more media houses, naming Voice of America (Hausa), Radio France (Hausa), Daily Trust, Guardian Newspapers, among others.

In part, the video contained footages of the THISDAY blast site apparently downloaded from the websites of CHANNELS TV and PREMIUM TIMES.

The group also gave reasons why it bombed Thisday office in Abuja and other media houses last Thursday.

“This is a message from jamaatu ahlis sunnah lil daawati wal jihad, and we wish to inform Nigerians our reasons for attacking some media houses,” the group said.

The video also shows that the radical group carried a live coverage of the bombing in Abuja and filmed the explosion at Thisday.
 
The group created the new Youtube video under the name Alhaji Mani.

Click here to watch video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDqv6srmoI4

 

Read full transcript of video below.

Boko Haram video transcription

Video has a background music in Hausa language, saying," Nigerians, our name is not Boko Haram, we are Muslims, Ahlis sunnah". The lyrics also said, “We attacked Thisday because we will never forget or forgive anyone who abused our prophet.”

First written message says the video is from ‘Public awareness department which presents; ‘Reasons for attacking Thisday Newspaper’

The Video also shows coverage of the suicide attack at Thisday office in Abuja.

It also shows a man wielding a rifle and reciting some prayer verses. Shots of the late leader of the sect Muhammad Yusuf, delivering a sermon, and in other clips, preaching, was shown.

Full transcription

"This is a message from the public awareness department of the Jamatu Ahlis sunnah lil daawati wal jihad, a group engaged in jihad in Nigeria.

"We wish to explain about the attack we carried out on Thisday Newspapers. Some of the reasons why we decided to attack some Media Houses, especially Thisday, is because the paper was used in dishonouring our prophet, Mohammad (SAW) during a beauty pageant in Kaduna in November 2002.

"At that time, some people who called themselves leaders of Muslims came out to say they have forgiven those who committed the offence.

"But based on our knowledge, we know that no one has the power to forgive anyone for an offence that God himself has given judgement, especially on an offence that has to do with dishonouring Prophet Muhammad (SAW).

"No one has the power to forgive this type of offence, and the judgement is for such persons to be killed.

"This lady that committed this crime, the judgement on her is to be killed at any opportunity; and the media house is also supposed to be driven out of existence whenever there is a chance to do so.asked us if we have anything to do with the kidnap and we said "We promise to demolish 500 buildings for any one of our houses that the government destroys.

"We have already started with Gombe and Kano."






God help my country Nigeria o. Pls GEJ sld ask 4 external help we obviously cannot handle these plp on our own

just listen to these islamic bastard. If the fg destroys 5000 houses of boko bastards, they'll destroy 500 X 5000 houses of innocent Nigerians.

Bunch of Dirty Iddddiiiiot.
Boko Harams go and eat pig.

Bluff? Empty propaganda?

Whatever the case, if i have friends in media houses, i'll advise them exercise caution at least 4 the next few weeks.

The signs are pretty ominous.

toba: since these folks acknowledges themselves as muslims and have the devilish act of not forgiving an offense that's 10 years old, then i think Islam is a religion for evil pple, murderers and terrorists.

The transcript says it all. How many times has Jesus and God been openly abused without any christian fighting back? God in the bible says vengeance is his. May be the quran says otherwise

I have been waiting for you, i know you will bark at any slight oppurtunity.Everyone knows that the view of this people doesnt represent islam and the leader of Muslim Ummah denounced them times without number.
Ok, Should we blame christianity for the offences committed by the Popular Condemned Criminal, Rev King. At least, he must have read bible before committing such crime too. Every religion have its own extremist. Stop blaming islam for the activities of Criminals called Boko Haram. Tell your retardeen President to put Nigeria in order....Enough of this Bigots

What is the point of posting a video if 75% of it's viewers can't understand the language?
No translation of any sort?

Anywaz, Nigerian has 150m ppl, 1m will die this year due to natural causes. More will die due to man-made chaoes such as boko haram fanatics.

Ngozi could accidentally choke on her akpu. Lola could very well , ya know. . . .

It's all good to view this from 3k+ miles tho, all good.

Whao!

What is the point of posting a video if 75% of it's viewers can't understand the language?
No translation of any sort?

Anywaz, Nigerian has 150m ppl, 1m will die this year due to natural causes. More will die due to man-made chaoes such as boko haram fanatics.

Ngozi could accidentally choke on her akpu. Lola could very well , ya know. . . .

It's all good to view this from 3k+ miles tho, all good.


[s]OAM4J Find something else to delete, like maybe a tribalistic post in this section. [/s]

OAM4J: Whao!

Ki lo ya e l'enu, nitori Olorun? Abi eru Olorun n ba e ni?
Ko n se nkan ti oo ti gbo tele nau?

Ganys:
I have been waiting for you, i know you will bark at any slight oppurtunity.Everyone knows that the view of this people doesnt represent islam and the leader of Muslim Ummah denounced them times without number.
Ok, Should we blame christianity for the offences committed by the Popular Condemned Criminal, Rev King. At least, he must have read bible before committing such crime too. Every religion have its own extremist. Stop blaming islam for the activities of Criminals called Boko Haram. Tell your retardeen President to put Nigeria in order....Enough of this Bigots

Thanks for waiting for me.
Btw didnt u read the post u are responding to? These bastards said they are muslims and they are fighting jihad. U are here telling us they arent muslims. who should we believe? u or them? they are doing whatever they are doing in the name of islam and not in the name of Nigeria.

Ok i hope u read why they bombed Thisday news. They said its becos of ur prophet. Is ur prophet not a muslim? wasnt ur prophet a Jihadist whilst he was alive? wouldnt he have done same thing boko haram are doing presenting if he's still living?

U talked about Rev King and others. That comparison is very illogical (Im not abusing u) Have we had any christian Jihadist group openly killing innocent Nigerians over one thing or the other? Do christians carryout suiside bombings? U can never see such acts from Nigerian christians

Fact is that they are Muslims and fighting for prophet mohammad

Wonder y this is not yet on front Page moderators. We need to inform people so they would watch where they go to.

I only blame GEJ4 subtling d whole issue in order to protect his Northern PDP members, so that he(Gej) can re-elected in 2015.How can these criminals hold Nigerian hostage 4 so long?

lumideezle: Wonder y this is not yet on front Page moderators. We need to inform people so they would watch where they go to.

Was wondering the same too. This needs to hit the front asap so people can be informed and warned about what is happening.

If you read and listen to this Then you will stop arguing againt the fact that BOKOHARAM is a religion war. If you still think otherwise then i will suggest you review your Holy book, update it worldwide and embark on Re-orientation so that people like BOKOHARAM and other world sect will stop the killing

Why can't allah fight for him/herself,must this son of the devils fight for him? Can't forgive what was been. Done 10yrs ago what a religion

Ileke-IdI:
What is the point of posting a video if 75% of it's viewers can't understand the language?
No translation of any sort?

Anywaz, Nigerian has 150m ppl, 1m will die this year due to natural causes. More will die due to man-made chaoes such as boko haram fanatics.

Ngozi could accidentally choke on her akpu. Lola could very well , ya know. . . .

It's all good to view this from 3k+ miles tho, all good.

Lagos population is more than 200M if not more than, just imagine other states

guttentag:



Lagos population is more than 200M if not more than, just imagine other states

It is propergander to deceive the illiterate Hausa-Fulani to sympathise with them and justify their actions. Every hausa man that listen to this will praise them for their action. They also want to spring up anger- if you can remember 10years ago, it was bloodshed, killing and maiming in kaduna. My brother was macheted, spent 3 month in Saint Garage hospital.The end of BOKOHARAM is near, they are resorting to propergander.

toba: since these folks acknowledges themselves as muslims and have the devilish act of not forgiving an offense that's 10 years old, then i think Islam is a religion for evil pple, murderers and terrorists.

The transcript says it all. How many times has Jesus and God been openly abused without any christian fighting back? God in the bible says vengeance is his. May be the quran says otherwise

Seconded

I thought Acting IG said it wasn't BH but criminal elements that Bombed ThisDay Buildings.

Goodluck Jonathan is definitely incapable of ruling this country.

i mean, you have these guys in custody, not 1 not 2 but many, and yet they aren't talking.
Goodluck is a joker.

How hard is it to get abu qaqa or dardar to sit on a hot plate or insert hot needle in his willie till he starts talking
then you arrest more, the more starts talking, then you get more till they are out of our midst.
We need these religious bastards out of our midst.

sholasys:
It is propergander to deceive the illiterate Hausa-Fulani to sympathise with them and justify their actions. Every hausa man that listen to this will praise them for their action. They also want to spring up anger- if you can remember 10years ago, it was bloodshed, killing and maiming in kaduna. My brother was macheted, spent 3 month in Saint Garage hospital.The end of BOKOHARAM is near, they are resorting to propergander.

True talk,

I wonder what this nation has turned into, how can most wanted men who should be in their hide outs make public exhibition of themselves by releasing videos of any ungodly act perpetrated, yet no traces by the government. They can brag for all i care, it's only but for a short while because "THE FACE OF THE LORD IS AGAINST THEM THAT DO EVIL TO CUT OFF THE REMEMBRANCE OF THEM FROM THE EARTH" Psalm 34 vs 16

I thot dia brothers had already retaliated dat 2002 issue.i remember how ppl wia massacred in bauchi & how we had 2 sleep in d barraks for days.

This is so sad! But it seems like they just want more attention, the government should wage war on these bastards. they are busy making an entire religion and ethnic group look bad! And they apparently want nothing, just destruction.

Ileke-IdI:
What is the point of posting a video if 75% of it's viewers can't understand the language?
No translation of any sort?

Anywaz, Nigerian has 150m ppl, 1m will die this year due to natural causes. More will die due to man-made chaoes such as boko haram fanatics.

Ngozi could accidentally choke on her akpu. Lola could very well , ya know. . . .

It's all good to view this from 3k+ miles tho, all good.

What a stupid old wh0re abroad you are indeed.

i did not vote for GEJ and dnt think he is leading dis nation well. But truth be told, GEJ is nt to be blame for crises in the North. The north have created a monster that is difficult to control. I lived in Birnin Kebbi before and i knw hw dis devilish molsem operates. Illitracy, ignorant, poverty and wrong influencial leader have contributed alot in destroying the peace of that area.
Moreover have someone care to listen to message preach by those iman at their mosque? is terrible hw thier youth are brainwashed with stupid ideology dat non muslim is thier number enemy.
kill in the north didnt start in GEJ regim but before d civil war and Nigeria past leader was comfortable about it and playing protect-my-northern-brother game. Now its have boomerang, instead of El-Rufai and co to sit down and find a lasting solution to the problems they created, they end up accusing GEJ admistration.
S.hame on Islam, religion of terrorist with a god so weak it cannot fight for itself.
s.hame on northern nigeria, after producing 9 past head of state d north are still walloing in poverty.
s.hame on northern leaders who failed to develop thier state but only depend on oil revenue to plan thier lives.

@toba.
You are obviously not very intelligent or you are not much different from these islamic fanatics.out of over 1 billion muslims,some dissident group express their understanding of islam and you take them to speak for the whole islamic community.didnt your read the part where they said some religious leaders came out earlier to forgive them?besides any objective person would know that behind all these islamic terrorist there are political ideology,is it palestinians that feel america helped the isrealite to make them refugees,or talibans that were ousted from power or iraqi insurgents that started after gulf war?and what better way to recruit people to fight political war than to exploit their religion,didnt the pope do it during the crusade when he felt threatened by the spread of islam?or are u not enlightened enough to know that the pope was the most influential man who uses religion to control the kings in europe by excommunicating a kingdom which eventually causes the people to revolt due to the belief that they would not enter heaven if the recalled bishop didnt bless their marriage,birth and death.do you know how many people were automatically burnt at the stake for hearsay becauae they expressed different view from what the church believe?or for mere suspicion of witchcraft,science?why do you think there a1 catholic and protestant,do you have an idea of the casuality of the resulting battle between the red rose and white rose leading to emigration to america.
dont be lazy and get your facts.some idiots would open their mouth and abuse ALLAH that simply means THE ALMIGHTY CREATOR un arabic just ? different languages have different name for HIM.