According to Associated Press, Boko Haram has released a new video which shows “the beheading of a man who identifies himself as the pilot of a missing Nigerian Air Force jet.”
The video is also said to show the wreckage of a plane with Nigerian military markings, which the leader of the sect, Abubakar Shekau claimed his fighters shot down.
AP reports that “the man beheaded with an axe identifies himself as a wing commander, saying he has not seen his second pilot since the jet was shot down.
The pilot reportedly said before he was killed:
"I'm a pilot of the Nigerian air-force. On September 11th, I was assigned on a mission to Kawuri, Borno state. During the mission we were shot down and our aircraft crashed.
"To this day, I don't know the whereabouts of my second pilot. I was taken into the care of (Boko Haram). At the time of the crash, I sustained cuts and broken hand and some other injuries to the head."
Two pilots and an Alpha jet belonging to the Nigerian Air Force were declared missing on September 11 after the aircraft was reportedly used in an operation against the sect in Borno state.
The video was retrieved by AP and is believed to show the same Shekau who appeared in previous videos released by the group.
The Nigerian military confirmed the death of Shekau on September 24 saying he had been killed in Borno state but the Boko Haram leader resurfaced in a video released yesterday, October 2, dismissing claims of his death.
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