Conflict researcher Philip Brant, who specialises in Sahelian insurgency, wrote on X that the assault took place on Monday. BREAKING: ISWAP terrorists capture 13 soldiers, kill seven – ReportMusa Uba, a brigadier general and the commander of the 25 Task Force Brigade, was arrested and executed along with four members of his squad during an ambush in the Damboa axis in Borno last November, as reported by PREMIUM TIMES. The recent attackNews reports state that the ISWAP attack happened along the Maiduguri-Damasak road. According to reports, during a fierce shootout with soldiers, the terrorists set off bombs. Along with the deaths, a number of soldiers were hurt, and an undetermined number are still unaccounted for.