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A security analyst, Ben Okezie, has advised the military authorities to carry out a deoxyribo nucleic acid testing or profiling on the remains of Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, in order to put an end to the controversy surrounding his demise.
He described as embarrassing the claims by the military and counter-claims by the Boko Haram sect on Shekau.
The military had claimed to have killed Shekau in 2013 and a terrorist who had been impersonating the deceased insurgent last week in Konduga, Borno State. But another impostor, in a video released online, dismissed the Army’s claims.The man claiming to be Shekau said he was still alive, adding that the missing military jet was shot down by his group.
But Okezie, in a telephone interview with our correspondent on Monday, described as embarrassing the claims by the military that it had killed Shekau ‘three times, noting that the only way to end the matter was to carry out a DNA profiling on his body, trace his family members and ask them to identify him.
The DNA profiling (or genetic fingerprinting) is a technique employed by forensic scientists to assist in the identification of individuals by their respective DNA material that governs inheritance of eye colour, hair colour, stature, bone density and many other human and animal traits.
It is used in parental testing and criminal investigation... More @ http://www.punchng.com/news/dna-will-end-shekaus-death-controversy-expert/
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