Nigeria, Jan. 29 -- Suspected members of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) have captured 13 soldiers, killing seven of them, including a commanding officer, in an ambush near Damasak in the Mobbar Local Government Area of Borno State.

The commanding officer, according to Sahara Reporters, was recently promoted from the rank of major to lieutenant colonel.

Philip Brant, a conflict researcher with expertise in insurgency in the Sahel, posted on X that the attack occurred on Monday.

Last November, PREMIUM TIMES reported how Musa Uba, a brigadier general and the commander of the 25 Task Force Brigade, was captured and executed alongside four members of his team when they were ambushed around Damboa axis in Borno.

Mr Brant noted t...