MAIDUGURI — Professor Abubakar Mohammed El-Jummah, the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology at the Nigerian Army University, Biu (NAUB), has died while being held by Boko Haram militants.
The Professor was abducted on March 3, 2025, while traveling along the Buni Yadi–Biu road. After nearly a year in captivity, reports indicate he succumbed to an illness. His family in Maiduguri received the news of his passing on Wednesday.
In accordance with Islamic rites for those whose bodies cannot be recovered, a funeral prayer in absentia (Salatul Ga’ib) was observed on Thursday, February 12, 2026, at the Ngomari Old Airport Juma’at Mosque. While family members confirmed his passing, they declined to comment on whether any ransom demands had been made during his long ordeal.
