Nigeria, Jan. 31 -- The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said it would investigate a viral video clip which showed a notorious terror kingpin who was earlier declared "captured" by the Nigerian military.

The terror kingpin, Ifeanyi Eze, is popularly known as Gentle De Yahoo. He hails from Imo State, South-east Nigeria.

The Director of Defence Media Operations, Michael Onoja, disclosed this during a press briefing in Abuja on Friday.

PREMIUM TIMES obtained a video clip of the press briefing.

This newspaper earlier reported that the DHQ had announced that troops of Operation Udo Ka of the Nigerian Army "captured" Mr Eze during an operation in the south-eastern state between 8 October and 13 October 2025.

But on 28 January this year, a vi...