Nigeria: U.S. Defence Secretary Links ISIS Commander's Killing to Protection of Nigerian Christians
ISWAP said the strike killed its second-in-command after six months of US tracking, and officials said hundreds of suspected fighters have been killed in Nigeria.
- On Wednesday, United States Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth announced that US forces killed Abu-Bilal Al-Minuki, the second-in-command of ISIS, during a recent operation in Nigeria aimed at protecting persecuted Christians.
- President Donald Trump directed the War Department to prioritize protecting Nigerian Christians nearly a year ago, with military operations intensifying late last year following widespread attacks against Christian communities.
- US forces spent six months tracking Al-Minuki using drones before launching a massive airborne landing with heavy gunfire on May 15, following a separate precision assault two weeks ago on an Islamic State West Africa Province facility.
- President Bola Tinubu confirmed Al-Minuki's death, noting that several lieutenants were eliminated alongside him, while the ISWAP acknowledged the loss by describing their killed media unit members as martyrs.
- Intelligence gathered since the commencement of US operations in Nigeria has resulted in the elimination of suspected fighters linked to attacks on Christians, with ongoing strategy targeting high-value operatives across the Lake Chad Basin.
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