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Director,
Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade. (Image source: Twitter)
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The Director, Defence Information, Maj.-Gen.
Chris Olukolade, has confirmed that troops of the Nigerian Army recovered video
recordings of the heinous acts perpetrated by the Boko Haram insurgents.
Olukolade,
however, refused to disclose further information about the crimes against
humanity captured in the videos in possession of the military.
“It is
true that troops have captured some video recordings of the terrorists but I
would not want to say anything on that for now,” he said.
He also
confirmed to an Abuja based media consultancy firm to security agencies, the PR
Nigeria, that the videos were being analyzed by the military.
“A number
of vital materials, apart from arms and ammunition, have been recovered which
are being subjected to intelligent analysis. We don’t want to say much about
that now.” Olukolade was quoted as saying.
Investigation
revealed that the videos have scenes of trials, stoning of condemned people to
death, amputations, beheading of victims with knives and summary execution
through shooting.
It was
learnt that the Joint Investigating Panel of the security agencies had
commenced investigation into the activities of the terrorists and would soon
present those found to be culpable of these heinous acts for trial.
It was
stated that the military was taking the issue of the videos seriously because
they were being prepared for posting on YouTube to create fear in the
civil populace.
PR Nigeria
quoted a military as saying, “Some of the video were meant for release through
their normal channels to the public before they were dislodged from their
camps. They also show the barbaric life in their so-called caliphate.
“The media and the public
are advised to be careful in handling or sharing sensitive and offensive videos
depicting atrocities that some viewers may find disturbing.”
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