President Bola Tinubu has confirmed that Nigeria and the US carried out a joint operation to kill a prominent terrorist.
“Overnight, Nigeria and the United States recorded a significant example of effective collaboration in the fight against terrorism,” he wrote about two hours after US President Donald Trump made a similar announcement.
PREMIUM TIMES reported that Mr Trump announced the killing of Abubakar Mainok, also known as Abu-Bilal al-Mainuki, a senior Islamic State commander described as the group’s global second-in-command. Mr Trump called the attack a “meticulously planned and very complex mission” carried out in partnership with Nigerian.
Mr Mainok, according to documents obtained from US registers, was specially designated as a “global terrorist” in 2023. One of the documents traced his origin to Mainok, a town in Kaga Local Government Area of Borno State
In his statement, Mr Tinubu said the joint operation dealt a heavy blow to terrorists. He confirmed that the operation was carried out in the Lake Chad Basin area.
