Some things are still confusing me o. Chris Olukolade confirmed that the imposter who has been parading himself as the "deceased" Shekau was finally put down about a week ago thereabout. The fellow has been the one appearing in videos and taunting Nigeria and what baffles me is that no one could spot the difference between the original Shekau and the fake. Although the Military said at a time that they had Shekau but they then retracted that statement. Why is it now that Olukolade has talked about the real Shekau nonchalantly like we all were supposed to know that he was deceased?
Why did photos of slain bearded men have to litter cyberspace for days before Chris thought it necessary to confirm the tale? Why did they say one thing about Chibok girls getting released and then say another thing that it was not so? I want to believe that they already have the girls, or most of them at least but are only waiting for the perfect timing to announce them irrespective of whether Chris jumped the gun.
The people in power had said that they know where the girls are but did not want to use force capable of endagering their lives without utilizing every other possible option to get them back. Why have the same army that hessitated to use force suddenly in the past few days developed muscle to launch a successful offensive to take out BH including their cloned leader without firstly securing the girls?
I have spent a few minutes now scanning videos about Shekau on youtube and want to believe that there may have been more than one imposter for more than one year now.I looked at an earlier video of who I think was the original Shekau and although he had a wide mouth, he spoke calmly and with few hand gestures. It is obvious to me that one imposter in a more recent video also has a wide mouth but possesses infantile spacing of his lower teeth and had the inner corners of his eye brows way narrower than the original. He also seemed to hold his head in tilted positions and spoke with the angle of his mouth shifted to the right unlike the former guy.
I want to believe that they plan to unveil the girls under the cover of a galant effort by the military as instructed by the Oga at the top. I'm certain Nigerians would not have time to care to know whatever transpired to get the girls as long as they are rescued.
Was it this same war that GEJ said he needed to borrow $1billion for? What did the Military not possess before last week that they have suddenly possessed now? I thought two unnamed Nigerians were stopped with 2 plastic suitcases and a bag of hard currency totalling $9.3million at a privately run South African airport a few days back. Were they sent by the FG who has claimed them to purchase weapons to crush insurgents or were they there in the black market for another purpose all together? The Israeli with them was reported to have said they were going to buy a helicopter. How much is a serious military spec helicopter? Can $9.3million dollars buy more than 1 or 2?
What can $9.3million actually buy in terms of military hardware? Small arms, artillery eqipment, body armour for all soldiers, a fighter jet, and some heavy duty vehicles perhaps? Were the two Nigerians there to just drop the raw cash and return empty?. I understand from a south African online tabloid that a followup investigation into the matter revealed an invoice for armament and helicopters to a Cyprus based ESD International group from "Teir one services" which belongs to a group that offers aviation, logistics, specialized training, security and risk assessment services but is not authorised in SA to enter into deals that pertain to sale or rent of military equipment. Could this deal be related to Nigeria?
At least the SA authorities and media seem to be asking the relevant questions but the majority leader of the federal house of representatives was on TV vilifying house members who walked out in protest of a lack of will by their leaders to initiate a probe into the latest money scandal. He justified the deal and pointed out at the frustration of doing a deal with the notable arm selling nations in the world. Belarus was about the 12th largest exporter of arms last year; could we not have struck a legitimate deal with them?
The owner of the plane would also have feigned ignorance if his vessel was used to transport weapons back to our country.
I hope we start asking relevant questions in Nigeria instead of getting easily swayed by really bad people. These are just my conspiratory theories; God help us.
joa
25/09/2014
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