President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, has announced how US military carried out successful strikes in Nigeria.
Trump, who made the announcement on Christmas day, said that was the beginning of more of such attacks.
He said the powerful and deadly air strikes on terrorists hideouts located in Sokoto, a north western state in Nigeria, was against ISIS-affiliated terrorists.
Recall that sometime in November 2025, Trump cried out over the killing of Christians in the north west and north central regions of Nigeria.
The US leader warned that his administration would not allow this to continue, vowing to strike the terrorists at their hideout. After several deliberations with Nigerian authorities following the threat, both side announced that agreements have been reached on the way forward.
Suddenly, the US government announced that it struck terrorists in Sokoto forest on Thursday night.
“In my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria,” Trump wrote on his Trust Social. Trump said there will be no place for radical Islamic terrorism under his leadership
… Tinubu Okayed Strikes, Says FG
The Nigeria government says President Bola Tinubu gave the go-ahead for the US strikes against terrorists in the country’s North-Western region.
Foreign Affairs Minister, Yusuf Tuggar, said this, yesterday, hours after the US Department of War and President Donald Trump announced the North American nation had conducted strikes against the terrorists.
“Now that the US is cooperating, we would do it jointly, and we would ensure, just as the President emphasised yesterday before he gave the go-ahead, that it must be made clear that it is a joint operation, and it is not targeting any religion nor simply in the name of one religion or the other,” the minister said on a television programme.
“We are a multi-religious country, and we are working with partners like the US to fight terrorism and safeguard the lives and properties of Nigerians,” the minister said.
Some have viewed the strikes as a violation of the country’s territorial integrity, but Tuggar says the Federal Government would not take any actions that would violate the country’s sovereignty. “It is collaboration, it is what we have been calling for,” Tuggar said on the breakfast show.
“It was Nigeria that provided intelligence for the US strike in Nigeria. I spoke with the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, for 19 minutes before the strike, and we agreed to talk to President Tinubu for his go-ahead, and he gave it,” the Bauchi-born minister said.
“After the approval, I spoke again with Marco Rabio 5 minutes before the strike was launched against the terrorists.” The Department of Defence said “multiple ISIS terrorists” were killed in the strikes conducted at the behest of the Nigerian government.
Trump also announced the strikes, saying, “The Department of War executed numerous perfect strikes, as only the United States is capable of doing. Under my leadership, our Country will not allow Radical Islamic Terrorism to prosper.
