NIGERIAN ARMY INSISTS SHEKAU HAS BEEN KILLED INSINUATES NEW VIDEO MANIPULATED

Ok I am tired. One minute Shekau is dead, the next , he isn't . 
 The Nigerian Army claimed  last week that Boko Haram leader’s impersonator was killed. The Nigerian Army and Cameroon were in a tussle over who indeed killed the impersonator.
Photos and even a video were  released  as evidence .

In yet another video made available to AFP today, Shekau was shown  making a speech debunking reports of his death.According to AFP, he said ..

“Here I am, alive. I will only die the day Allah takes my breath,” He also added that, that his group was “running our… Islamic caliphate” and administering sharia punishments.”

“Nothing will kill me until my days are over… I’m still alive. Some people asked you if Shekau has two souls. No, I have one soul, by Allah,“It is propaganda that is prevalent. I have one soul. I’m anIslamic student.”

In  a new statement released on the Nigerian Defence website, they insinuated that the new video in circulation may have been manipulated  read below

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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.

I guess we all have to sit and watch things unfold.