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Speaker 1: Armed Forces of Nigeria AFN under the command and control

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of the President and Commander in Chief, Vola Hmedenubu, has

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kept mums since early morning night on Monday, when a

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mag news agency, the international media outlet of the Islamic

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State West Africa Province ICEWAP, started sending and disseminating a

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photograph of Brigadier General Lusa Uber in ICEWAP captivity, indicating

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untrue the brigadier general the Nigerian Army authority had earlier

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claimed on Saturday to be safe and led his troops

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back to base, a statement the army issued to challenge

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media reports that the Brigadier General was captured and held

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captive by the ICEWAP terrorists after the terrorists ambushed the

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twenty five Task Force Brigade of the Armed Forces of Nigeria,

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killing several soldiers and civilian JTF members in Wajeroco village

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near Sambi Sir Forest, Invuno State on Friday around five pm.

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This hum angle nuws USE media that was among the

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earliest news providers that reported the ICEWAP deadly attacks on

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Nigeria soldiers on Saturday. After being challenged with a denial,

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press release issued by the Nigerian Army Authority that the

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Brigadier General was not kidnapped, claiming the brigadier General led

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his men to fought through the ambush of the terrorists,

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forcing the terrorists to flew in disarray. Hume Angle on Monday,

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Early Warning published a news report and insisted that the

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Brigadier General was in Icewap captivity. According to hume Angle,

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it was already in possession of a photograph showing the

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brigadier General in Icewap captivity, but due to its editorial policy,

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it would not publish the image. Soon, the image of

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the kidnap Brigadier General became available to some media through

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a mag news agency publication that claimed that the brigadier

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General was executed shortly after being interrogated by the Icewap terrorists.

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The imag only presented a photo evidence of the Brigadier

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General being captured, but any material evidence if the Brigadier

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General has been killed was not provided. Following the apparent

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unfortunate development in the Nigeria army community, former Vice President

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of Nigeria Atiku Abubaka, on Monday, in a statement personally

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signed called on President Bola Ahmed Tanubuta admitting competence and

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the President should either ask for help or tended a

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letter of resignation immediately. According to the former Nigeria Vice

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President Atiku Abubaka, I am deeply saddened and extremely shocked

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and disturbed by news making the rounds of the killing

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of Brigadier General Musin Uber by terrorists and the failure

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of the military hierarchy to clearly explain how it happened

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or what went wrong, as initial official denials indicated that

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this was not the case. This for me is unequivocally

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a failure of political leadership, as the President seems only

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more interested in decimating the opposition by all means possible

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while forgetting his crucial role as commander in chief of

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our armed forces. General Mooses death, along with the deaths

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of some of the troops he was leading, is one

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death to many and a bold terrorist resurgence our dear

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country cannot afford. I urge all citizens and our military

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leaders to take heart, as even this season shall pass away.

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To mister President, the security of the lives of our

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people is your primary responsibility and you must live up

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to it or be humble enough to admit incompetence and

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either ask for help or resign. If I were president,

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I would order the military to occupy Borno’s state or

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any state under siege by bandits or armed groups until

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they clear those areas. We must care enough for the

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men and women who put their lives on the line

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for our sake. I offer my condolences to the Nigerian

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Armed Forces, the family of the bereaved, and indeed to

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all Nigerians. May this dark period pass over us as

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a nation sooner than lay premium Times in later report

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on Monday evening, stated that the brigade commander m Uber,

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earlier declared safe by the Nigerian Army after fighters of

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the Islamic State West Africa Province is SWAP ambushed his

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team along the Dambo Abue axis in Borno State, has

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now been reported dead. The terror group ICEWAP has announced

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that it captured mister Uber and killed him. The group

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also shared photos to prove its criminal act. Pr Nigeria,

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a news platform close to security agencies, also confirmed that

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the general was kidnapped and killed after military authorities thought

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he was safe after surviving the initial ambush on Sunday,

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citing a humangle story. Premium Times reported that mister Uber

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was kidnapped after ICEWAP terrorists ambushed his team alongside operatives

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of the Civilian Joint Task Forced CJTF on Friday night.

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The art however, denied that he was kidnapped and said

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he was safe after soldiers successfully repelled the ambush. I

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Swap claims it executed mister Uber. In an Arabic statement

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published in its propaganda newsletter magazine, a mack. I Swap

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said it had captured mister Uber and executed him after

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he was interrogated. The twenty sixteen breakaway faction of Boco

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Harim attached to picture collage of mister Uber showing when

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he was in office and when he was captured, a

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picture of the brigade commander from inside his office and

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a picture of him after he was captured by the

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Islamic State. The group captured the picture Islamic State fighters

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over through a senior officer in the Nigerian Army after

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a successful ambush on a military force in Borno, the

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group said, adding that the commander was captured after he

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fled from the Wajiiko attack. ICEWAP said as soon as

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it received until that mister Uber had escaped. A unit

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of fighters set out to search such for him and

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succeeded in capturing him on Saturday near a village after

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he was wounded. The purported picture of his capture shows

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mister Uber’s camouflage stained with blood around his legs. I

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SWAP said it interrogated mister Uber before killing him on

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the spot. The terror group further taunted the Nigerian army,

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describing its statement as an outright lion a miserable security failure.

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Pr Nigeria reports that mister Uber earlier confirmed his safety

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to his superiors after an aerial operation that helped him

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escape the ICEWAP attack, but the event took a tragic turn.

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Reports of his location compelled the terrorists to track him down,

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leading to his capture and subsequent summary execution after an interrogation.

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The Platform reported mister Uber’s killings, according to experts, marked

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the first time the insurgents would kill an officer with

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such a high rank. His killing was blamed on insecure

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military communication within the Northeast theatre. P R Nigeria reported

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Hume Angle in an earliest news report on Monday morning,

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stated that the Nigerian Army’s statement that Brigadier General M. Muber,

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the Brigade commander twenty five Task Force Brigade, successfully led

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troops back to base after an ambush last Friday, November

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fourteenth in the Dambo area of Borno State, northeastern Nigeria,

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has been challenged by an exclusive, verified image obtained by

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Hume Angle. The image shows the senior officer alive but

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held by insurgents, contradicting the military’s official account. The ambush

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by I Swap fighters on a joint military and civilian

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Joint Task Force cj TF convoy on View Road resulted

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in the deaths of several soldiers and CJTF members, with

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the general’s whereabouts initially reported as unknown. Hugh Angle’s early

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report cited sources on the ground who said the general

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was abducted during the attack. We later reported that he

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had escaped on foot and returned to base after several

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security sources insisted on this. The Nigerian Army also issued

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a statement denying the abduction, insisting the general had safely

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led his men back too, basin that the incident was

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an ambush causing casualties but no kidnapping. However, the military

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provided no evidence to back this claim at the time.

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A verified image hum Angle has seen shows the commander

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in the custody of ICEWOP insurgents with a gunshot wound

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to the leg. Verification was carried out through detailed frame analysis, geolocation,

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cross checking, and confirmation from independent security sources familiar with

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the region and the incident. The image shortly after the

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ambush shows the general surrounded by armed fighters, appearing fatigued

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but alive. Hume Angle, in line with our editorial policies,

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has made the editorial decision not to publish the pick.

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This new evidence directly challenges the army’s public statement, highlighting

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a significant discrepancy in the information being shared about frontline realities.

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The contradictory accounts raised concerns about communication gaps within the

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military and the potential consequences of misinformation for public trust

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and operational security. The capture of a serving commander marks

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a rare and serious development in the ongoing conflict with

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insurgent groups in Nigeria’s northeast. In recent months, ICEWAP has

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intensified attacks around Damboa and the wider Borno region, escalating

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the dangers faced by both military personnel and civilians. Security

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analysts who reviewed the image described the abduction as both

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an operational setback and a symbolic blow to Nigerian forces

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fighting the insurgency. Families of soldiers deployed in the area

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have expressed frustration and anxiety over the conflicting reports about

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their loved one’s safety. Efforts to secure fresh comments from

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the Nigerian Army have been ongoing, but as of publication,

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no new statement has been issued addressing the emerging evidence

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