The Defence
Headquarters has said emphatically that the large number of worshippers that appeared in the
lastest video of Boko Haram was a product of photoshop.
The Acting
Director, Defence Information, Brig. Gen. Rabe Abubakar, said in a statement on
Thursday that the video lacked credibility and was indeed a replica of another
video released by the sect in 2014.
Abubakar said the
DHQ would have ignored the video if not for the need to address the outburst
contained in the clip, and fears of the citizenry.
He said the clip
was diversionary and a futile attempt by the insurgents to remain relevant and
should be ignored.
He restated the
commitment of the Armed Forces to go after the insurgents and criminals
operating within the nation’s territory.
“Much as the
Nigerian Armed Forces would have allowed the ranting of the Boko Haram in its
latest video clip to go without formal reaction, it becomes necessary to make
some comments to douse the apprehension of the Nigerian citizens concerning the
outburst in the clip.
“It is important to
state here that the video clip is diversionary and a desperate attempt by the
dying Boko Haram sect to remain relevant. The video clip is a complete
show of weakness and sign that the end is near for the insurgents, hence it
does not in any way pose a threat to us.
“The military is
equally not deterred by the photoshopped assemblage of worshippers at the
supposed Eid-El Kabir prayer which is a replica of the video clip released by
the sect in 2014. This has cast aspersion to the credibility of the clip
and therefore should be disregarded.”
Abubakar
urged Nigerians to ignore the threat by the Boko Haram insurgents against
President Muhammadu Buhari and the military saying the military was capable of
decimating the insurgents and securing the country.
The Acting Defence
Spokesman who advised the insurgents to surrender to the security agencies ‘for
their own good’ stated that the military operation would continue as planned.
He recalled
that several Boko Haram members had surrendered to troops and many held captive
by the group rescued.
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