BEVERLY HILLS, March 16, (THEWILL) – The mobile phone of Hauwa Liman, one of the female victims abducted by Boko Haram in Rann, has been used to send a disturbing message to her contacts.
Liman was kidnapped earlier this month when Boko Haram insurgents invaded a camp used by internally displaced persons in Rann, Borno State.
THEWILL recalls that about a dozen people including security operatives were confirmed killed in the attack with the Red Cross saying two of its staff were also kidnapped.
Following the March 2 Rann attack, the UN suspended aid activities in the town.
However, on Thursday, Liman’s phone was used to send a whatsApp message to some of her contacts.
The text message was sent in Hausa and it reads thus: “ya ku en duniya, kuji tsoron Allah, ku daina bin taghootu.
“I’dan kuma ba haka ba, Allah zai daura mu Akan ku, kuma zaku kasance tababbu.”
When translated, the text reads, “Oh you people of the world, fear God, and stop following the heathen path.
“If not, God will place us above you all. And you all shall become mentally demented people.”
Some of her friends who received the message are in doubt if the message came from her.
“She does not communicate in written Hausa with such fluency,” said a close friend who begged that her name should not be mentioned.
“I know Hauwa, and I know that she does not write or speak in that tone of language. Her phone must have been used by someone who has taken it from her”.
It is believed Liman’s captors have her phone and used it for the WhatsApp chat.
