It will be recalled that the insurgents ambushed the military escort and team of Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) staff returning from an oil exploration in the Lake Chad Basin. Scores were kidnapped including ten staff of the University of Maiduguri. The Army confirmed that all the NNPC staff were safely rescued while nine bodies of soldiers killed in the attack were recovered.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) UNIMAID chapter on Thursday confirmed that five staff of the institution were killed while four are still missing,