The Presidency has confirmed the killing of Abu-Bilal Al-Manuki, the senior Islamic State leader in a joint Nigeria-United States military operation.
The Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the President, Bayo Onanuga, confirmed the development in a statement posted on his X handle on Saturday.
The U.S. President, Donald Trump, announced the successful conduct of the operation in a social media post on Friday night.
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Onanuga also clarified that a previous report on the killing of the terrorist in a 2024 airstrike in Birnin Gwari forest of Kaduna State was a case of mistaken identity.
He wrote:”Security officials now clarify that the earlier listing was a case of mistaken identity or misattribution in the fog of sustained counterinsurgency operations.
“lmportantly, intelligence now confirms that the Birnin Gwari theatre was never within Al-Manuki’s established operational sphere, which negates the accuracy of the earlier assessment.”