Nigeria today confirmed that authorities in structured security cooperation with international partners, including the US, carried out airstrikes on terrorist targets in the north-west part of the African country.
The statement from the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs came after US President Donald Trump said the
American forces had carried out a military strike against ISIS targets in northwest Nigeria.
According to the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the operation resulted in precision air strikes against the terrorist targets as part of efforts to address the persistent threat of terrorism and violent extremism in Nigeria.