The Nigerian army is investigating a video showing what appear to be troops torturing and murdering civilians accused of belonging to a separatist group.

The nearly three-minute-long video began circulating on social media earlier in September.

Pointing at what appears to be a corpse lying on the ground, the person recording the video is heard saying: "This one now, is dead".

The army's spokesperson, Brigadier General Sanni Usman, was not immediately available for a comment on the video.

"We are aware of certain video being circulated," he said, according to the Daily Post.

Security analyst David Otto believes that, should investigations confirm that the men in the video were tortured by soldiers, it will be a strong sign that excessive violence might lead to radicalisation of youths, subjected to such treatments.

"The security services shown in this vile video have shown ineptitude in handling the Biafra agitators to a point where their action is acting as a radicalising tool to vulnerable and angry Igbo youths , creating the basis of ethnic and sectarian violence in Nigeria," he told IBTimes UK. The majority of people inhabiting south-eastern Nigeria are Igbo, one of the country's largest ethnic groups.

The Nigerian army is right now investigating a video showing what seem to be troops torturing & murdering civilians accused of belonging to a separatist group.

The nearly 3-minute-long video began circulating on social media earlier in September.

Pointing at what appears to be a corpse lying on the ground, the person recording the video is heard saying: "This one now, is dead".

The army's spokesperson, Brigadier General Sanni Usman, was not immediately available for a comment on the video.

"We are aware of certain video being circulated," he said, according to the Daily Post.

Security analyst David Otto believes that, should investigations confirm that the men in the video were tortured by soldiers, it will be a strong sign that excessive violence might lead to radicalization of youths, subjected to such treatments.

"The security services shown in this vile video have shown ineptitude in handling the Biafra agitators to a point where their action is acting as a radicalizing tool to vulnerable & angry Igbo youths , creating the basis of ethnic & sectarian violence in Nigeria," he told IBTimes UK. The majority of people inhabiting south-eastern Nigeria are Igbo, one of the country's largest ethnic groups.