Military Varsity Professor Dies In Boko Haram Captivity

Professor Abubakar Mohammed El-Jummah, Dean of the College of Engineering and Expertise on the Nigerian Military College, Biu, Borno State, has died whereas within the custody of Boko Haram militants after spending near a 12 months in captivity.

Recall that Vanguard broke the information of the kidnapping of Professor El-Jummah on March 3, 2025, alongside the troubled Damaturu–Buni Yadi–Biu highway. The college don remained in captivity till he reportedly fell unwell and died whereas within the custody of the terrorists. Sources revealed that information of the professor’s dying was communicated to his traumatised household on Wednesday in Maiduguri.

Vanguard gathered {that a} funeral prayer in absentia (Salatul Ga’ib) was held on Thursday, February 12, 2026, at about 2:00 p.m. on the Ngomari Outdated Airport Juma’at Mosque, close to his residence in Maiduguri metropolis.

A member of the family, who declined to be named, informed Vanguard that “the late professor had been in Boko Haram captivity from March 2, 2025.

, till his dying. Could Allah forgive him and grant him mercy.”

The household supply additionally declined to touch upon whether or not a ransom was demanded by the terrorists.

Vanguard’s correspondent noticed that the Salatul Ga’ib attracted many sympathisers, teachers and mates of the late professor.