The Nigerian Military has dismissed the new video AFP has claimed it has. The video is said to have Shekau claiming he's still alive and well.
It said the group might have manipulated pictures to clone another Shekau or upload a pre-recorded video all in a bid to prove invincible.
The AFP had on Thursday, in a new video claimed Shekau was alive and hadimplemented strict Islamic law incaptured town.
“Here I am, alive. I will only die the day Allah takes my breath,” Shekau said in the 36-minute video, adding that his group was “running our…Islamic caliphate” and administering sharia punishments.
The statement which was published on Nigerian Defence Headquarters website 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 airplane 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 that is, will face the same fate as Shekau.
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