Picture Of Boko Haram Leader, Shekau On Hospital Bed After He Was Shot

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.