Boko Haram Relaunches Radio Station, Recruiting Members

Abdullahi HammedJanuary 2, 2019

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The Islamist sect, Boko Haram has established an FM radio station broadcasting on 96.8 frequency modulation. The radio station which broadcasts in Hausa propagates its kind of Islam and calls for recruitment of more members to join in the service of Allah.

The radio station which had a small bandwidth is heavily believed to have expanded its bandwidth with funds gotten from the Federal Government after the controversial release of Chibok Girls which was rumored to have involved cash payment as ransom.

The radio station is believed to be located in Sambisa and its frequency can be reached by some local Governments in Borno and Adamawa States, this report has been confirmed by the Hausa service of the Voice of America. Residents in Tolkomari, which is in the far northern part of Cameroon and Gwoza and Damboa in Borno have also confirmed receiving broadcast messages from the sect via the radio station on 96.8 frequency modulation.

Residents said the station broadcast mainly propaganda materials to counter media reports of victories by troops from Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Niger Republic against the Boko Haram militants.

Newsflash247 gathered that Cameroonian government is worried by the new development and has commenced investigations towards locating the radio station, which is said to be located deep inside sambisa forest.

The FM station is used by Boko Haram to threaten The Nigerian Government and The Military saying the terrorist group is winning the War and also to call for new members to join the radical sect.

A habitat of the Tokomari Village in the Far North State of Cameroon has confirmed this information saying that they were able to tune into the channel, while residents in parts of Borno and Adamawa States also made the confirmation. According to them, the station is an open air where Boko Haram’s propaganda is freely challenging statements from authorities claiming that they are winning the war.

In Nigeria, The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has confirmed that the Islamic terrorist group, Boko Haram has indeed floated a radio station.

The Director General of the commission, Mr. Modibo Kawu, said the insurgents had commenced radio transmission with their station located between Nigerian and Cameroonian borders. He made this disclosure on Tuesday during an interactive session with journalists in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital

He noted that the development was already known to relevant security agencies, adding that currently the NBC and other relevant bodies and security agencies had not been able to block it as the station transmits via international transmission system. He however expressed that the NBC was working tirelessly to block the transmission and called it a top priority of the agency