The United States Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, has disclosed that a direct executive mandate from President Donald Trump initiated a wave of high-intensity counterterrorism strikes targeting Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) cells across Nigeria.
Speaking during an official briefing at the White House on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, Hegseth revealed that the military directive was handed down approximately a year ago after the administration was alerted to systemic, targeted operations executed by radical insurgent groups against Christian populations in the country's northern frontiers.
The behind-the-scenes strategic deployment of elite American intelligence assets, working in deep tactical coordination with the Nigerian Armed Forces, culminated in a highly successful joint operation earlier this month in the Lake Chad Basin.
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This operation resulted in the neutralization of Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, identified globally as ISIS's second-in-command and the chief operative responsible for masterminding localized religious purges and plotting threats against the U.S. homeland.
Hegseth confirmed that the gathered field intelligence empowered security units to eliminate hundreds of ISIS fighters over the past month.
He further emphasized that protecting vulnerable religious communities from transnational terrorism remains a key cornerstone of the administration's broader defense policy.
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