104 Missing, Armed And Unaccounted For: Full List Of Soldiers Declared Deserters Weeks After Boko Haram’s Borno Bloodbath

A classified military document has revealed that 104 Nigerian Army personnel attached to the 162 Amphibious Battalion have been declared deserters after going missing with their service rifles in the aftermath of a deadly Boko Haram attack on their base along the Mandara–Buratai Road in Borno State.

The development has triggered fresh concerns over the true fate of dozens of troops who remain unaccounted for weeks after insurgents launched one of the deadliest recent attacks on the formation, killing at least eight soldiers, including a Major.

According to military sources, the terrorists stormed the base in the early hours of June 5 at about 4 a.m., taking advantage of heavy rainfall and poor visibility to overwhelm the troops. Some of the slain soldiers were reportedly beheaded, while several others sustained injuries during the assault.

More than three weeks after the attack, a military signal marked “RESTRICTED” officially declared 104 personnel from the battalion as deserters.

“The above-named soldier and 103 others absconded from their place of deployment to an unknown destination on June 5, 2026, with their personal weapons after the BHT/ISWAP attack on our location. In view of the foregoing, I am directed to respectfully affirm that the said soldiers have not reported back for duty and are hereby declared deserters with effect from that date,” the signal, signed by Lieutenant Ndubuisi, stated.

Military sources further disclosed that the bank accounts of the affected personnel have been frozen, while commands and formations nationwide have been directed to apprehend and return any of the missing soldiers found within their jurisdictions.

The breakdown of the affected personnel comprises one Staff Sergeant, three Sergeants, seven Corporals, 38 Lance Corporals and 55 Privates.

The names contained in the document are as follows:

STAFF SERGEANT

1. Staff Sergeant Idris Mohammed, Army No. 98NA/46/1906.

SERGEANTS

2. Sergeant Omotoyinbo Samuel, Army No. 04NA/55/0901.
3. Sergeant Oyinbo John, Army No. 09NA/64/5990.
4. Sergeant Folorunsho Michael, Army No. 03NA/53/1791.

CORPORALS

5. Corporal Onumaru Felix, Army No. 12NA/68/6732.
6. Corporal Adenekan Amos, Army No. 13NA/70/8004.
7. Corporal Basiru Garba, Army No. 13NA/70/7338.
8. Corporal Fatoki Olusegun, Army No. 13NA/70/6585.
9. Corporal Abu Mohammed, Army No. 13NA/70/3372.
10. Corporal Emmanuel Moses, Army No. 14NA/71/12704.
11. Corporal Aminu Bello, Army No. 15NA/73/0416.

LANCE CORPORALS

12. Lance Corporal Abdullahi Kamalu, Army No. 12NA/68/6096.
13. Lance Corporal Adeniyi Kehinde, Army No. 12NA/68/6985.
14. Lance Corporal Oko Michael, Army No. 15NA/74/4413.
15. Lance Corporal Modey Ernest, Army No. 15NA/74/3728.
16. Lance Corporal Usman Abdulazeez, Army No. 15NA/74/4063.
17. Lance Corporal Adamu Hassan, Army No. 16NA/75/4906.
18. Lance Corporal Mohammed Abdulrahman, Army No. 16NA/75/3182.
19. Lance Corporal Onengiye Gabriel, Army No. 17NA/76/3028.
20. Lance Corporal Hassan, Army No. 17NA/76/3895.
21. Lance Corporal Ator Desmond, Army No. 17NA/76/3971.
22. Lance Corporal Ibrahim Mubarak, Army No. 17NA/76/3860.
23. Lance Corporal Rufai Ubale, Army No. 17NA/76/4391.
24. Lance Corporal Musa Abdullahi, Army No. 17NA/76/5351.
25. Lance Corporal Abayomi Sunday, Army No. 17NA/76/5419.
26. Lance Corporal Mathias Clement, Army No. 17NA/76/5578.
27. Lance Corporal Buhari Idris, Army No. 17NA/76/5343.
28. Lance Corporal Bulama Mukhtar, Army No. 17NA/76/1750.
29. Lance Corporal Isah Mukaila, Army No. 17NA/76/4807.
30. Lance Corporal Jamilu Aliyu, Army No. 17NA/76/5093.
31. Lance Corporal Ali Abdullahi, Army No. 17NA/76/5112.
32. Lance Corporal Yusuf Saidu, Army No. 17NA/76/5251.
33. Lance Corporal Abdullahi Garba, Army No. 17NA/76/3665.
34. Lance Corporal Mubarak Aliyu, Army No. 17NA/76/5658.
35. Lance Corporal Awa Micheal, Army No. 17NA/76/0128.
36. Lance Corporal Aliyu Musa, Army No. 17NA/76/1975.
37. Lance Corporal Onikoyi Lawal, Army No. 19NA/78/0839.
38. Lance Corporal Sambo Abdulrahman, Army No. 19NA/78/1758.
39. Lance Corporal Olorundare Azeez, Army No. 19NA/78/2229.
40. Lance Corporal Shuaibu Ibrahim, Army No. 19NA/78/2815.
41. Lance Corporal Muhammed Adamu, Army No. 19NA/78/2628.
42. Lance Corporal Ibrahim Abdulaziz, Army No. 19NA/78/3579.
43. Lance Corporal Samuel Alexander, Army No. 20NA/79/1063.
44. Lance Corporal Nazeem Mahmud, Army No. 20NA/79/4577.
45. Lance Corporal Ahmed Shuaibu, Army No. 20NA/79/4450.
46. Lance Corporal Tamini James, Army No. 20NA/79/2496.
47. Lance Corporal Abdulrazaq Salisu, Army No. 20NA/79/2715.
48. Lance Corporal Tijani Adamu, Army No. 20NA/79/3164.
49. Lance Corporal Gambo Rabiu, Army No. 20NA/79/4485.

PRIVATES

50. Private Saliu Sueliman, Army No. 21NA/80/0560.
51. Private Musa Lucky, Army No. 21NA/80/1598.
52. Private Mustapha Muhammed, Army No. 21NA/80/2482.
53. Private Ayuba Rimanshong, Army No. 21NA/80/3077.
54. Private Tijjani Mohammed, Army No. 21NA/80/3239.
55. Private Jibrin Danladi, Army No. 21NA/80/5705.
56. Private Edwin Friday, Army No. 21NA/80/2256.
57. Private Abdullahi Tanko, Army No. 21NA/80/4391.
58. Private Muhammed Lawan, Army No. 21NA/80/4899.
59. Private Samotu Musa, Army No. 21NA/80/0980.
60. Private John Samaila, Army No. 21NA/80/4828.
61. Private Adebayo Monday, Army No. 21NA/80/1581.
62. Private Silas Gibson, Army No. 21NA/80/2718.
63. Private Aliyu Mamman, Army No. 21NA/80/4831.
64. Private Bright Precious, Army No. 21NA/80/5749.
65. Private Alkasim Maharaz, Army No. 21NA/81/8880.
66. Private James Naphtali, Army No. 21NA/81/6958.
67. Private Umar Taufeeq, Army No. 21NA/81/10018.
68. Private Buhari Sani, Army No. 21NA/81/10508.
69. Private Oleka Isaac, Army No. 21NA/81/7686.
70. Private Ibrahim Mathew, Army No. 21NA/81/10418.
71. Private Abubakar Idris, Army No. 22NA/82/3494.
72. Private Yahaya Yusuf, Army No. 22NA/82/3834.
73. Private Ibrahim Mohammed, Army No. 22NA/82/2183.
74. Private Sabiu Muktar, Army No. 22NA/82/2101.
75. Private Babangida John, Army No. 22NA/83/10713.
76. Private Danjuma Ali, Army No. 22NA/83/10284.
77. Private Mas’ud Ismail, Army No. 22NA/83/11257.
78. Private Ahmed Abubakar, Army No. 22NA/83/11381.
79. Private Sulaiman Musa, Army No. 22NA/83/11662.
80. Private Saad Auwal, Army No. 22NA/83/11685.
81. Private Abubakar Yusuf, Army No. 22NA/83/6787.
82. Private Adamu Mohammed, Army No. 22NA/83/7382.
83. Private Umar Sulaiman, Army No. 22NA/83/7654.
84. Private Mahmud Saifullahi, Army No. 22NA/83/8278.
85. Private Ebe Gideon, Army No. 22NA/83/8346.
86. Private Abdulrahman Aliyu, Army No. 22NA/83/8829.
87. Private Yarima Atiku, Army No. 22NA/83/9767.
88. Private Idris Mustapha, Army No. 22NA/83/6095.
89. Private Garzali Suleiman, Army No. 23NA/84/5681.
90. Private Aliyu Abdullahamed, Army No. 23NA/85/11771.
91. Private David Wisdom, Army No. 23NA/85/11990.
92. Private Nikodemon Victor, Army No. 23NA/85/12310.
93. Private Kazeem Lukman, Army No. 23NA/85/8298.
94. Private Pinon Yunana, Army No. 23NA/85/9525.
95. Private Haladu Isah, Army No. 23NA/85/1021.
96. Private Abubakar Abdullahi, Army No. 23NA/85/11366.
97. Private Friday Justine, Army No. 23NA/85/11721.
98. Private Selim Lawan, Army No. 23NA/85/12512.
99. Private Azaka Samuel, Army No. 23NA/85/7240.
100. Private Zakari Aminu, Army No. 24NA/86/4203.
101. Private Sufianu Bello, Army No. 24NA/86/4934.
102. Private Abba Miko, Army No. 24NA/86/5198.
103. Private Lawal Mubarak, Army No. 24NA/87/6647.
104. Private Isiya Musa, Army No. 24NA/87/8279.

Source: SaharaReporters.