The Defense Headquarters, DHQ, has disputed the claims made by the dredged Boko Haram gang, that some of the Chibok girls have been killed by military air strikes.
In a statement on Sunday, August 14, Rabe Abubakar, defense spokesman, said it was extremely difficult to hit innocent people during an air raid, because the operation is done with precision.
He said the military was examining the latest video from Boko Haram purporting to show some of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls.
“Currently we are studying the video clips to verify its authenticity and analysing the comments of the speakers in the video, especially the terrorist member and the girl that spoke in mother tongue.
“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.”
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Army has declared three people wanted because of their links and contacts with the Boko Haram sect.
The three wanted people are Ahmed Sakilda, a journalist; Ahmed U. Bolori and Aisha Wakil, a lawyer.
A statement signed by the acting director, Army Public Relations, Col Sani Usman, asserted that there was no doubt that the three individuals had links with Boko Haram terrorists.
The army asked the trio to come forward and tell the army where the group was keeping the Chibok girls and other abducted persons, so that they would be rescued.
According to Usman, Sakilda is known for his access to the extremist sect, while Ms Wakil was in contact with the Nigerian government during the 2013 amnesty negotiations with the Boko Haram insurgents and is believed to have met with former President, Goodluck Jonathan at the time, as part of the negotiation, which later broke down.
The third person, Mr Bolori, known as the coordinator of the Fa’ash Foundation and the Partnership against Violent Extremism,
PAVE, is said to live in Maiduguri.
PAVE, is said to live in Maiduguri.
The statement said the Army was relying on the relevant laws of the land and, in particular, the Terrorism Prevention Act 2011 (as amended), where Nigerians could be punished for failure to disclose information about terrorists or terrorist activities.
Earlier, Boko Haram released a video showing some of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by the jihadist group more than two years ago.
The girls, numbering over 50, were seen wearing hijabs (headscarves) behind a masked Boko Haram militant.
The sect, in the new video, accused the Nigerian Air Force of killing 40 of the abducted girls in an air strike, saying that the Nigerian government should release their members in various detention facilities in exchange for the girls.
The masked sect leader in the video said that it would only negotiate with the Nigerian government through journalists known to be close to it.
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