A viral video claiming to show the execution of Brigadier General Musa Uba by ISWAP has been identified as an AI-generated deepfake, despite the officer’s confirmed death.
A viral video circulating online purporting to show the moment Brigadier General Musa Uba was killed by ISWAP fighters has been exposed as an AI-generated deepfake.
Uba was reportedly killed after insurgents ambushed a convoy of soldiers and CJTF operatives in Borno state on Friday, although initial reports claimed he had been abducted.
While army spokesperson Onyechi Anele dismissed the abduction rumours, saying the general “battled the insurgents’ ambush with superior firepower,” ISWAP insisted he was executed after being captured, a claim later confirmed by President Bola Tinubu.
The video depicting the alleged execution shows Uba seated before being shot, but CableCheck found glaring irregularities: the general does not collapse immediately, there is no bullet impact, no blood, and his cap remains untouched. “You can see that he has started falling even before the bullet impact,” security expert Timothy Avele said.
Further analysis using DOT (Deepfake Offensive Toolkit) revealed the footage was AI-generated, confirming it as manipulated content rather than a genuine recording of Uba’s final moments.