Clarification: Shekau’s ‘latest’ video was released in 2016

The video of Abubakar Shekau that resurfaced on Thursday was, in fact, released in 2016 by the Boko Haram leader.

The coincidence of events — President Muhammadu Buhari visiting Borno state and Boko Haram terrorists striking moments thereafter — created the wrong impression that Shekau’s video was fresh.

TheCable highly regrets falling for the hoax and apologises unreservedly to the readers over the failure of its verification mechanism.

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