After the yesterday’s release of another video showing
the girls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists, spokesperson
of the State Security Service (SSS) commented on the
identity of the alleged group leader.
Speaking with journalists in Abuja Monday evening, Marilyn
Ogar said that the man claiming he is Abubakar Shekau is not
actually him.
According to her, the real Shekau, the militant founder of the
Boko Haram sect, is dead.
SSS representative was quoted saying:
“Boko Haram has become a franchise, anybody can assume and
lay claim to any name.. If security sources tell you that
somebody is dead, you don’t have to come out and doubt
that.”
It is not the first time agencies say Shekau is dead. The man
claiming responsibility for various attacks and making new
threats is believed to have been cloned. Experts, who analysed
some previous videos allegedly depicting Shekau, noted that
the man in the video was younger, sinner and had different
mannerisms (in comparison with the previous materials).
It should be also noted that in August 2013 the group leader
reportedly died of a gunshot.
Meanwhile more than 230 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram
insurgents in the April 14 night raid from Chibok, Borno State,
are still missing. In the fresh video the girls are said to have
been converted to Islam and are shown reciting the first
chapter of the Qur’an and holding their palms upwards in
prayer.
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