Nigeria Army Insists Shekau Has Been Killed, Dismisses New Video

The Nigeria Army has said any video purportedly claiming that the leader

of the Boko Haram sect is not dead but alive is fake and should be

ignored.
The Defence Headquarters in a statement on its website insisted that the

leader of the Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau or his impostor had been killed.

The statement Reads:
“The Defence Headquarters is studying the claims made in the video

purportedly released by the terrorists showing their leader Abubakar

Shekau as dismissing his death. From immediate observation and what some

online news outlets claimed to have seen, the video did not indicate when

it was shot neither did it show any proof of life or currency such as

screen time or date. The video also did not make any reference to

anything that has happened since the impostor's reported death.

“It is also noteworthy that the air plane said to be mentioned in the

video had been missing before he was killed. It should not surprise

anybody if the terrorists decide to manipulate pictures, clone another

Shekau or upload a pre-recorded video all in a bid to prove invincible.

“As far as we are concerned, the individual who was appearing in video and

claiming to be the leader of the terrorist group was killed in the

Kondunga battle in September. The resemblance of the corpse and that of

the eccentric character was incontrovertible. His identity was equally

corroborated by people who knew him before we announced his death.

“So, while waiting to see the new video before any further statement, our

message to them is that justice will be served to whoever bears that name

or designation and whoever engages in act
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