Trump announces U.S strikes against ISIS terrorists in Nigeria
U.S. President Donald Trump
President Donald Trump early Friday morning and the US Africa Command confirmed multiple airstrike by U.S forces against Islamic State terrorists group in North West Nigeria.
President Trump announced the strikes in a post on his truth social platform. According to him, U.S forces executed multiple perfect strikes, killing many terrorists.
On its part, the US AFRICOM said the airstrikes which resulted in the killing of many terrorists were carried out at the request of the Nigerian government.
“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,” Trump said in the post on his social media handle.
The U.S President alleged that the strikes were aimed at terrorists who are ‘killing Christians in Nigeria at levels not seen for many years, even centuries’.
Trump warned that many more of the terrorists will be killed if their slaughter of Christians continue.
Trump, in the post said, “Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not seen for many years, and even Centuries! I have previously warned these Terrorists that if they did not stop the slaughtering of Christians, there would be hell to pay, and tonight, there was.
“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.
“May God Bless our Military, and MERRY CHRISTMAS to all, including the dead Terrorists, of which there will be many more if their slaughter of Christians continues.
On its part, the US AFRICOM in a post on its X handle said “AFRICOM conducted a strike at the request of Nigerian authorities in Sokoto State killing multiple ISIS terrorists.
“Lethal strikes against ISIS demonstrate the strength of our military and our commitment to eliminating terrorist threats against Americans at home and abroad.
The airstrikes followed reports on Monday the U.S. had been conducting intelligence-gathering flights over large parts of Nigeria since late November.
The intelligence gathering followed claims by Trump that Christian in Nigeria are facing “existential threat” as a result of attacks by Islamic terrorists.
Trump had threatened to use U.S forces to protect Christians in Nigeria of the Nigerian government failed to stop violence allegedly targeting Christian communities
