Terror Financing Allegations: Army Arrests Brigadier General Amid Growing Tension.

The Nigerian Army has reportedly arrested and detained a serving Brigadier General over alleged links with a retired senior officer, Maj. Gen. Danjuma Hamisu Ali-Keffi (retd.).....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

According to Nivo News, the arrest is believed to be connected to Ali-Keffi’s ongoing legal and public confrontation with a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd.), over allegations arising from terrorism-financing investigations.

Ali-Keffi, who was appointed in October 2020 by former President Muhammadu Buhari to head the covert Presidential Task Force known as Operation Service Wide, has consistently alleged that suspects arrested by the task force for terrorism financing were later released while in military custody.

Military sources disclosed that the detained officer is Brig. Gen. Gabriel E. Archibong, who has reportedly been in custody for more than ten days and is currently held at the Army’s Special Investigation Bureau. Archibong is said to be a serving officer at the Nigerian Army Training and Doctrine Command in Minna, Niger State.

Sources indicated that the arrest was linked to the frequency of Archibong’s communication with Ali-Keffi and claims that he failed to cooperate fully with military authorities. It was further disclosed that soldiers conducted a search at his residence in Lugbe a day after his arrest, during which his electronic devices were seized, although no incriminating materials were reportedly found.

Concerns have been raised within military circles that the detention could negatively affect the officer’s career and wellbeing, with insiders insisting that he committed no offence.

There are also claims that the development may be tied to efforts by the military to defend itself against a lawsuit filed by Ali-Keffi at the National Industrial Court in Abuja in December 2025. In the suit, Ali-Keffi is challenging his arrest, 64-day detention without charge and compulsory retirement, alleging torture, denial of fair hearing and violations of constitutional and military regulations.

Ali-Keffi further claimed that his detention enabled the release of all terrorism-financing suspects arrested by Operation Service Wide and alleged that he and his family received death threats, forcing them into repeated foreign travel for safety and resulting in severe emotional and financial hardship. He is seeking ₦100 billion in compensatory damages, another ₦100 billion in punitive damages, ₦120 million in special damages, and an order nullifying his compulsory retirement.

The retired general has also disclosed that investigations carried out by his task force, in collaboration with the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, uncovered alleged links between terror-financing suspects and senior military officers, financial officials and other government figures. While clarifying that he was not directly accusing the individuals named, Ali-Keffi maintained that investigations connected some of them to the suspects involved.