May 16 (UPI) -- U.S. and Nigerian forces killed Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, who is alleged to be a second-in-command for ISIS, President Donald Trump announced.

US President Donald Trump announced the elimination of ISIS No. 2 Abu-Bilal al-Minuki in a joint operation with Nigerian forces. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The US president said the mission eliminated Abu Bakr al-Mainuki, the group’s second-in-command globally.

Trump welcomed the killing of Al-Minuki, stating that he would “no longer terrorize the people of Africa, or help plan operations to target Americans.”  

The Nigerian president called the strike a 'significant example of effective collaboration in the fight against terrorism'.

U.S. and Nigerian forces killed a leader of the Islamic State group in Nigeria in a mission carried out Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump said.

U.S. President Donald Trump said that Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second in command of ISIS globally, was killed in an operation conducted by U.S. and Nigerian forces. Tonight, at my direction, brave...

U.S. and Nigerian forces killed Abu Bakr al-Mainuki, a top Islamic State leader, in a Lake Chad strike hailed as a major counterterrorism victory.

"Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second in command of ISIS globally, thought he could hide in Africa, but little did he know we had sources who kept us informed on what he was doing," Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that Nigeria and the US announced that a joint military operation led to the killing of the terrorist early on Saturday.

The Nigerian Defence Headquarters has confirmed that the Armed Forces of Nigeria, in partnership with United States forces, successfully executed a

The United States has released the footage of its military operation, in conjunction with the Nigerian forces, killing top ISIS and other terrorist commanders.

Mr Falana appears to rely on an April 2024 announcement by the Defence Headquarters naming Abu Bilal Minuki, also known as Abubakar Mainok, among 11 notorious terrorist commanders killed by Nigerian troops between January and March 2024.

Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, ISIS’s alleged second-in-command, killed in a US-Nigerian strike in Lake Chad Basin, marking a significant counterterrorism operation.

Nigerian and US troops have eliminated senior ISIS commander Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, disrupting terrorist operations and reaffirming regional security commitments.

Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, has reacted to the killing of Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, identified as the second-in-command of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria,

The Defence Headquarters has clarified the recent public discussions surrounding the neutralisation of a prominent terrorist commander, Abu-Bilal