A reporter with the BBC Igbo has narrated how he constantly gets death threats from members of the Indigenous people of Biafra, IPOB.
Journalist, Obiejesi Chukwunaeme Kingsley, in a post via his Facebook page on Wednesday, explained that his colleagues also get threats from people affiliated with the proscribed group.
Anaedoonline.ng learned that members of the group regularly refer to themselves as ‘Umu Chineke’ or ‘Umu Chukwu Okike Abiama’ which translates to Children of God in English.
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Kingsley wrote; “As a journalist working with BBC Igbo Service, I am not new to death threats.”
“Myself and my colleagues get death threats on a daily basis. Sometimes it hurts, but most times I laugh it off.”
“The interesting thing is that the people that threaten to kill me and my colleagues, are the same people that refer to themselves as “Ụmụ Chineke” or “ụmụ Chukwu okike Abiama”. Is it not funny?”
“I am not allowed to join issues with these death mongers, but whenever I see the threats, I reply in my heart: “My name is Chukwunaeme. Ejirọ ọnwụ eyi m egwu.”
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