At a briefing this evening with newsmen in Abuja following the release
of a new video by Boko Haram showing kidnapped Chibok girls,
spokesperson of the State Security Service (SSS), Ms Marilyn Ogar said
the man in the video claiming to be Abubakar
Shekau is not really Abubakar Shekau, that the real Shekau
who is believed to have founded the dreaded sect, is dead
"Boko Haram has become a franchise, anybody can
assume and lay claim to any name. What I know is that the original Abubakar
Shekau is dead; the person claiming to be the national leader now is not
the original Abubakar Shekau. If security sources tell you that
somebody is dead, you don't have to come out and doubt that" she said.
