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Claim: A Facebook user shared a video allegedly showing a drill leader leading members in a chant calling for AK-47 rifles to attack Christians in churches in Enugu and Jos.
Verdict: True. The video circulating online is authentic. The leader of Izala Group confirmed the video’s authenticity, strongly condemned the incident, and called on security to arrest and prosecute those involved.
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A Facebook user, Masara Kim Usman, shared a video showing members of the First Aid group of Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’ah Wa Iqamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS) participating in a parade and chanting violent threats.
The post caption read, “Nigerian extremist leads Muslim cadet parade chanting ‘Give me AK47 to go into the infidels in Jos, in Enugu on a Sunday and spray fire on them while they worship.”
In the footage (archived here), a drill leader in JIBWIS uniform leads a group of young men and boys during a jogging exercise.
The leader, chanting in Hausa, asks for AK-47 rifles to travel to Enugu and Jos to attack Christians while they worship in churches on Sundays. The group repeats these chants.
The transcribed exchange reads, “A ba ni AK!… Na je Enugu!… Cikin arna!… Ran Sunday!… Suna murna!… Suna taɓi!… Na ba su wuta!… Ru-du, ru-du-du!… Na je can Jos!”
Meaning in English, “Give me an AK!… So I go to Enugu!… Among the infidels!… On a Sunday!… While they are rejoicing!… While they are clapping!… And spray fire on them!… [Simulating gunshot sounds]!… So I go to Jos!”
The post and video generated widespread outrage, reactions, and concern across social media, with commentators calling for immediate intervention by security agencies due to the explicit calls for religious violence.
Amnesty International Nigeria urged authorities to investigate the inciting video.
DUBAWA also received several requests to verify the video.
We found similar videos circulating across Facebook, Instagram, X, and TikTok.
Given the virality of the claim and the potential of religious threats to ignite tensions and public unrest across the country, DUBAWA investigated the authenticity of the video.
Verification
DUBAWA conducted a digital forensic examination of the viral video. Visual analysis found no signs of AI generation, synthetic manipulation, deepfake rendering, or audio-visual splicing.
We also noticed the people in the video were wearing the distinct uniform of the JIBWIS First Aid Group (Yan Agaji).
To confirm our observation, we subjected the video to forensic analysis using Google’s SynthID tool. The tool detected no watermarks or synthetic markers.
We also analysed the video using Hive AI, which confirmed that the video is likely genuine.
We then conducted a reverse-image search and found that the video began circulating across social media platforms on Oct 26, 2026 (as seen here, here, here, and here).
DUBAWA could not independently verify whether the event was organised by the JIBWIS Jos faction (led by Sani Yahaya) or the Kaduna faction (led by Abdullahi Bala), or if the participants were officially registered members acting with leadership authorisation.
So we conducted keyword searches that led to a press statement issued by JIBWIS Nigeria. The statement, signed by its National Chairman, Bala Lau, strongly condemned the violent chants and called for the immediate arrest and investigation of the individuals depicted.
“Such expressions of violence, intimidation and threats against any community are completely alien to the principles, teachings and objectives upon which the organisation was established”, he said.
The chairman noted that wearing the uniform of the JIBWIS First Aid Group or appearing among its members does not automatically establish that an individual is acting on behalf of the organisation or with its authorisation.
He added that the incident could represent a deliberate attempt by external interests to misrepresent the organisation.
Conclusion
The viral video showing men in JIBWIS uniform chanting and calling for AK-47 rifles to attack Christians in Enugu and Jos is real, so the claim is true.