The NAF suggested the crash was due to a plane crash.
The video was released by the SITE Intelligence Group and is circulating in the Nigerian media.
“Clearly, most parts of the video were deliberately examined to give the false impression that the plane was shot down” when it was “obviously a plane crash,” the NAF said in a statement posted to Facebook on Friday.
The NAF rejected the seven-and-a-half-minute edited clip, calling it “false propaganda” and urging Nigerians “to ignore the content of the videos around until all investigations into how the plane crashed are completed.” .
The NAF reported the plane missing Wednesday, with two pilots on board.
A spokesman told CNN on Thursday afternoon that the fighter jet had been deployed near the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno to provide air support to ground troops, who were under fire from the fighters. of Boko Haram before radar contact was lost.
“The cause of the crash as well as the whereabouts of the two pilots remain unknown. The pilots are Flight Lieutenant John Abolarinwa and Flight Lieutenant Ebiakpo Chapele,” the NAF said Friday earlier.
In the disputed video, Boko Haram claims to have pushed the Alpha Jet forward.
The images show several fighters firing into the air before an explosion illuminates the sky as a plane takes off and falls to the ground. The video then cuts back on the fighters who are around what appears to be the wreckage of the jet.
It is then cut on the aircraft, showing “NAF 475”, the missing aircraft identification number. It later shows a charred body.
Aside from that, the video shows what appears to be a patch on the floor, with the name John Abolarinwa.
CNN cannot independently verify the authenticity of the video.
Boko Haram has stepped up attacks on the Nigerian army as it seeks to regain control of lost territories in the pockets of the country’s northeast.
Frequent airstrikes by the Nigerian army have continued to shake the insurgents and drive them away from their hiding places.