Is he dead? Is he alive? Who? Well i’m talking of nigeria’s enemy number one- the boko haram leader ibrahim shekau.
Not too long ago, security agencies said he may have died as a result
of wounds he sustained during a shoot-out with security agents sometime
in july.
He was almost captured, but his aides managed to evacuate him across the border to cameroun.
He was in hospital-this picture yesterday testifies to that, and he actually appeared lifeless here.
As the official claims have it, shekau never made it, but since there
was no evidence to prove this, perhaps until this picture now, security
agents have continued to maintain the cautious approach that the boko
haram leader may have died.
However, about two weeks ago, a video surfaced, allegedly showing
shekau who claimed he was not dead, and as usual promised more attacks
while claiming responsibility for all the attacks, mostly on innocent
people, including students. But security agencies have now subjected the
video to proper scrutiny and the report from the sss yesterday,
suggests that the video may just have been mere manipulations.
The security statement in abuja says the person who purported to be
shekau in the video is a clone. Why or how? Unlike the real shekau who
will launch into a long recitation of quranic verses before delivering
his message, that was absent here, as this new shekau just launched into
a tirade without the usual sequence that shekau was known for.
Again, the usual pattern in previous videos was that nobody dared
interrupt shekau, but there were interruptions in the latest video,
showing that this make belief shekau does not command respect.
Again, the lips of the alleged shekau did not synchronise with the
words as pronounced in the video. And the last straw, that put paid to
the genuiness of the video, this cloned shekau made reference to late
margaret thatcher as one of the western leaders who rejoiced at the news
of his death-now, we all know that the iron lady died since april this
year and therefore could not have rejoiced at the death of shekau in
august. The conclusion of the security agencies for now is that-lets
wait and see, but the cautious optimism is that this picture you are
seeing is that of shekau on his dying bed.
IREPORT
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