Unmasking the Betrayals Behind the Damboa Ambush
In every military tradition, Generals are not thrown into frontline fire.
They are commanders of theatres, planners of operations, custodians of strategy.
They do not ride into hotspots without layers of protection, surveillance, air cover, and secure intelligence.
So when a Brigadier General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ends up captured and killed in Damboa, the question is not just what ISWAP did.
The deeper question — the uncomfortable truth we must face — is this:
Who did General M. Uba offend?
Who wanted him exposed?
Who withdrew the shield that normally surrounds an officer of his rank?
Because this was not an accident.
This was not random.
This was not “operational bad luck.”
This was betrayal.
THE GENERALS WHO MAKE ENEMIES BY DOING THE RIGHT THING
A senior officer who insists on transparency, discipline, and integrity in the North-East naturally steps on the toes of dangerous people.
In that theatre, corruption is not a rumour — it is a full-blown economy.
A General who disrupts any of the following becomes a marked man:
Fuel diversion networks
Ammunition theft and resale
Ghost-soldier payroll syndicates
Logistics contracts inflated for profit
Food supply cartels draining funds meant for troops
Local “fixers” brokering quiet deals with insurgents
CJTF elements compromised and selling information
Political middlemen trading influence with commanders
If General Uba was the type who blocked holes, corrected wrongs, challenged deals, or refused to sign off on rotten arrangements, then understand this clearly:
He offended people who benefit from Nigeria’s war economy.
And those people do not forgive.
WHY WAS A GENERAL AT THE FRONT? A QUESTION NIGERIANS MUST NOT IGNORE
It is not standard procedure.
It is not normal practice.
It is not common sense.
A Brigadier General is a strategic asset, not a frontline scout.
So how did he end up:
Moving without full surveillance support?
Driving into a zone where ISWAP had prior warning?
Without armoured protection?
Without air reaction capability?
Without a backup convoy staggered behind him?
Without a rapid extraction plan?
This is how Generals are “left naked.”
This is how sabotage looks.
This is how internal betrayal feels.
When multiple layers of protection fail at the same time, it is never coincidence.
It is usually coordination — the silent coordination of people who step aside at just the right moment.
WHO CLEARED HIS MOVEMENT? WHO GAVE HIM THE INTEL? WHO LAST SPOKE TO HIM?
These are the questions no one wants to ask out loud.
A General does not simply take off on a whim.
Movements of that magnitude require:
Clearance
Briefing
Confirmation
Escort planning
Intelligence layers
Surveillance assessment
Somebody cleared that movement.
Somebody briefed him.
Somebody knew his route and timing.
Somebody managed the intelligence picture.
If any of those people were compromised — or motivated — then the question becomes almost unavoidable:
Was General Uba deliberately exposed?
Was he set up by people who needed him out of the way?
THE REAL ENEMIES: NOT ONLY IN THE FOREST, BUT WITHIN THE SYSTEM
ISWAP may have pulled the trigger.
But insurgents do not ambush Generals by chance.
They ambush Generals when:
Someone leaks their route
Someone delays their support
Someone removes their protection
Someone feeds them wrong intelligence
Someone ensures they are alone at the critical moment
These are not mistakes.
They are decisions.
And decisions have motives.
The motive is simple:
He offended people who needed him gone.
Those who manipulate contracts.
Those who profit from chaos.
Those who fear reform.
Those who thrive on a prolonged war.
Those who supply the enemy at night and salute Nigeria in the morning.
THIS IS WHY HIS DEATH MUST NOT BE BURIED UNDER SILENCE
General Uba deserved better.
Nigeria deserved better.
Our troops deserved better leadership protection.
And the world must understand this:
Nigeria does not only fight terrorists.
Nigeria also fights the people who feed them, protect them, fund them, and betray the uniform from inside.
If we do not confront this truth, more officers will fall — not because insurgents are strong, but because insiders are wicked.
May his sacrifice not be in vain.
May his death spark the audit, the investigation, the soul-searching, and the accountability that Nigeria desperately needs.
And may the nation finally acknowledge this painful reality:
There are enemies in the forest — and enemies inside the fortress.
Both are deadly.
Only one is trusted enough to hold the door open for the other.
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