Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Samaila Uba
By Kingsley Omonobi
The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, on Monday said the recent disclosure by the United States on the killing of 199 jihadists and the recovery of a massive cache of ISIS arms, ammunition and electronic equipment was not a fresh operation but the declassification of a successful joint Nigeria-US counter-terrorism mission carried out in May 2026.
Director of Defence Information, Major General Samaila Uba, told Vanguard that the operation had already been announced by the Nigerian military, adding that the latest details released by the US were previously classified.
“This is not a new operation. We have previously communicated our highly successful joint operations in May. What you are hearing are some declassified information concerning our previous operation being given out now. However, Nigeria-US joint operations and collaboration are very much on course,” he said.
