CONFIRMED: SHEKAU IS DEAD - JTF

Investigators of the Joint Task Force (JTF) who have been probing the video of the leader of the dreaded Islamic militant sect, Boko Haram, Mallam Abubakar Shekau have rubbished a supposed video of the militant leader, which indicated he was still alive.
A report put together by the team of investigators on behalf of the
security agencies said that the investigators have been able to fault
the video in "a number of ways." Though the real location of the militant leader is yet to be ascertained by the security forces, there was a strong belief in the forces that Shekau was...
not alive.
Analysis of the last video said to have been made available to
authorities indicated that Shekau was cloned.
Sources in the know quoted the report as submitting that Shekau in
previous video appearances would start with a recitation of a full
verse of the Holy Quran that sometimes could last up to five minutes.
The report indicated that the stand-in Shekau in the video never
observed that tradition.
Reports also indicated that in previous occasions, Shekau's speech was
never interrupted by hailing from the background and that the last
video had such features.
Investigations by the JTF was also said to have identified that the
movement on the lips of the man presented as Shekau in the video did
not synchronise with the words he pronounced, an indication according
to the report of "a recorded message inefficiently manipulated to
sustain a non-existent continuum in leadership."
The report according to the sources also indicated that following the
failure of the alleged attempt to mimic Shekau's voice in the opening
part of the video, alleged stand-in Shekau reverted to his real voice.
"The intonation was different as well as the fact that Abubakar Shekau
does not drag his voice," the analysis further stated.