Three declared WANTED alleged linking to Boko
Haram
Boko Haram released a New Video on Saturday
Boko Haram yesterday reviewed
its conditions for the release of the Abducted girls and threatened to bomb
Lagos, Abuja and Borno in a fresh video.
In a reaction to it, the Defense
Headquarters (DHQ) said it investigation on the video has just commence.
The government also said it was
in touch with the people purportedly behind the video, adding that it will do everything
possible to rescue the girls.
The video showed some girls in Hijab behind an armed Boko Haram militant
wearing a desert camouflage combat uniform, a bullet proof vest and covering
his face with a turban.
The girls stood behind a black
backdrop – 13 of them standing and the rest sitting – while the armed
spokesperson demanded the release of some of the captured militants in return
for the girls.
He threatened to rescue the captured Boko Haram members held in
Lagos, Abuja and Maiduguri (Borno). ”I specially inform our people
in captivity in Lagos that they should be patient and continue with their
prayers, God will take us to where no one expects and we will rescue them.
“All those in Lagos, Maiduguri and other southern parts of the
country; keep praying, very soon, we will rescue you,” he said.
The 11-minute footage came amid the decimation of the terrorist
group’s capability to further cause large scale destruction. The military
through its counter insurgency OperationLafiya Dole has
also arrested many members of the group.
The sect member also said in
the video: ”They should know that their children are still in our hands;
there is a number of the girls, about 40 of them, they have been married, some
of them have died as a result of aerial bombardment,”
The insurgent also interviewed one of the girls who gave her
name as Maida Yakubu, who claimed that she was abducted from the Government
Secondary School (GSS) in Chibok, Borno state. The girl who appeared
defiant speaks in her native language in what appears to be an appeal to the
government to rescue them.
Director of Defence Information
Brig. Gen. Rabe Abubakar said the military was examining the video clip to
verify its authenticity.
In a telephone conversation
with our correspondent, he described the video as “media war and technology in
action’
”We are studying and analysing
the clip. We are studying the video clips to verify the authenticity and
analysing the comments of the speakers in the video especially the terrorist
member and the girl that spoke in mother tongue,” Gen. Abubakar said.
The Defence spokesperson also
debunked allegations in the video that some of the kidnapped girls were hit by
an airstrike. According to him, the air operations were done through
precision attack on identified targets. and locations.
“However, the issue of air raid
on the location of Chibok girls is just mere propaganda trying to
insinuate the citizens against their professional military. We are using
precision airstrike equipment which has the capacity of picking only the targets
and engage them.
Moreso, they said the location
of the girls is only known to them. ”It is extremely difficult and rare to
hit innocent people during airstrike because the operation is done through
precision attack on identified and registered targets and locations. The
Precision Airstrike is very effective at taking out targeted enemies because it
is not a random operation. We are nevertheless studying the video clips to
examine if the victims died from other causes rather from the allegation of airstrike.
Spokesperson for the Air Force
Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa said: “We are not talking now on the
allegations, we will address the issues later.”
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