The Nigerian Army, has urged Nigerians, especially residents of Maiduguri, Kano, Kaduna and Zaria, not to panic over a video purportedly posted by a factional leader of the Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau.
The army spokesman, Colonel Sani Usman,
while reacting to the video in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the
army had more than what “it takes to defend them and deal decisively
with the remnants of the terrorists”.
Usman recalled that Shekau, “in his
usual act of boasting, made all sorts of claims to the point of
threatening various towns, groups and individuals.”
In the video, Shekau had denied that he was killed or badly wounded, as claimed by the army in August.
The army spokesman said: