Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, the second in command of ISIS globally, has been killed in an operation conducted by US and Nigerian forces in the northeast of the African country, US President Donald Trump and his counterpart in Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, said.
Trump announced the strike in a Truth Social post late on Friday in the United States, with Tinubu on Saturday describing it as a “significant example of effective collaboration in the fight against terrorism.”
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“Tonight, at my direction, brave American forces and the Armed Forces of Nigeria flawlessly executed a meticulously planned and very complex mission to eliminate the most active terrorist in the world from the battlefield. Abu-Bilal al-Minuki... thought he could hide in Africa, but little did he know we had sources who kept us informed on what he was doing,” Trump said on Truth Social.
In a statement posted on X, Tinubu said early assessments confirmed the elimination of al-Minuki — also known as Abu-Mainok — along with several of his lieutenants, during a strike on his compound in the Lake Chad Basin.
