Cika wannan jumla: A ranar 3 ga Fabrairu, 2008, a lokacin wani
A lokacin yakin da aka yi tsakanin dakarun gwamnati da 'yan tawaye a N'Djamena, an kama Saleh da sojojin da ba a san ko su wanene ba, wanda ake zaton masu tsaron shugaban kasa ne, a cewar PLD. Fiye da mako guda bayan haka, ba a fitar da wani bayani game da kamawar ko kuma inda ake tsare da Saleh ba. Daya daga cikin 'yan uwan Saleh ya nuna damuwa musamman bisa dalilin cewa Saleh ya yi rashin lafiya na dan lokaci, yana fatan cewa za a iya kawo masa magani, abinci da tufafi a duk inda aka tsare shi. A ranar 27 ga Fabrairu, ba tare da samun wani bayani game da inda Saleh yake ko kuma yanayin da yake ciki ba, matarsa ta gana da Carla Bruni, matar shugaban Faransa mai ziyara Nicolas Sarkozy. Shugaba Sarkozy ya nemi takwaransa Idriss Déby ya gana da ita, amma a ranar 28 ga Fabrairu ta ƙi ganawa da Déby.