ISWAP Narrates How Nigerian Army General Was Kidnapped, Killed in Borno
- The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has claimed that its men captured and killed Brigade Commander, M Uba
- The breakaway faction of Boko Haram narrated how the Nigerian Army general was kidnapped, interrogated, and killed
- The terror group shared more details about the tragic death of the Army general in its propaganda newsletter magazine
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Borno State - The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has claimed that its men captured and killed Brigade Commander, M Uba.
The terror group also shared photos to prove the kidnapping and death of the Nigerian Army general.
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The Nigerian Army had earlier declared Uba safe after ISWAP fighters ambushed the army general’s team along the Damboa-Biu axis in Borno State.
Countering these reports, ISWAP said it had captured Uba and killed him on the spot after he was interrogated.
According to Premium Times, this was contained in an Arabic statement published in the group's propaganda newsletter magazine, Amaq.
The terror group reportedly attached a picture collage of the brigade commander, showing when he was in office and when he was captured.
“A picture of the brigade commander from inside his office and a picture of him after he was captured by the Islamic State,” the group captioned the picture.
“Islamic State fighters overthrew a senior officer in the Nigerian army after a successful ambush on a military force in Borno…”
The group added that the commander was captured after he had fled from the Wajiroko attack.
According to ISWAP, as soon as it received intel that Uba had escaped, a unit of fighters 'set out to search for him, and succeeded in capturing him on Saturday, near a village, after he was wounded'.
The purported picture of the capture by the terror group showed Uba’s camouflage stained with blood around his legs.
As reported by TheCable, Reuters reports that the terrorist group executed the military general after he was captured during an ambush.
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Recall that earlier this year, four people, including two soldiers, were reportedly killed by suspected bandits in a fresh attack on a Benue community.
The chairman of Apa LGA, Adam Ogwola, in an interview, noted that the attack had occurred after the bandits ambushed a group of people.
The acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Operation Whirl Stroke, Captain Lawal Osabo, and the Benue state police command’s spokesperson, Catherine Anene, were yet to react to the development.
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Legit.ng also reported that the Nigerian Army had declared a three-day national mourning period from June 25 to 27, 2025, to honour 17 soldiers killed during a counter-terrorism operation in Kwana Dutse, Niger State.
10 other soldiers were said to have been injured in fierce gun battles against bandits in parts of Kaduna and Niger states, with troops reportedly intercepting 300 terrorists, resulting in an exchange of gunfire.
At the time, the Nigerian Army confirmed airstrikes and ground assaults had inflicted heavy losses on the terrorists. At the same time, flags would fly at half-mast across all formations in tribute to the fallen heroes.
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