Nigerian Airforce Pilot Beheaded By Boko Haram In Gruesome Video

In a new video exclusively released to AP by Boko Haram Islamist militants shows the gruesome beheading of a man said to be a military pilot who co-piloted the missing Naval air force jet. The video also shows burnt out plane parts with Nigerian Military markings. Two pilots and an Alpha Jet have been missing since Sept. 11. In the video, the man identified as Shekau says Boko Haram is implementing strict Shariah law in areas of northeast Nigeria under its control.
Examples are shown, including the stoning death of a man apparently accused of adultery; the amputation of the hand of a young man accused of theft; the lashings of a man and what appears to be a girl covered in a hijab. The video ends with a show of burnt-out plane parts in rugged bush. Two pilots and an Alpha jet have been missing since Sept. 11 when it left the north-eastern town of Yola on a bombing mission against Boko Haram.

The video shows a kneeling man in a camouflage vest with his right hand in a sling, with a fighter hovering over him with an axe, which is later used in the beheading. Speaking in English, the victim identifies himself as a wing commander in the Nigerian Air Force and says he was undertaking a mission in Kauri area of northeast Borno state.

Before his beheading, the pilot reportedly gave his name, rank and date of birth, which is 1975 and also said "I'm a pilot of the Nigerian air-force. On September 11th, I was assigned on a mission to Kawuri, Borno state. During the mission we were shot down and our aircraft crashed. To this day, I don't know the whereabouts of my second pilot. I was taken into the care of (Boko Haram). At the time of the crash, I sustained cuts and broken hand and some other injuries to the head."

After saying this, the pilot was forced to the ground and his head chopped off with a pick axe. May his gentle soul RIP...amen!