Trump says Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second in command of ISIS globally, killed in US-Nigerian operation
Trump says the mission was 'flawlessly executed' and thanked the Nigerian government for its cooperation in the operation
President Donald Trump announced late Friday that U.S. and Nigerian forces carried out an operation that killed a global ISIS leader.
Trump identified the terrorist as Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, whom he described as ISIS’s second-in-command globally.
"Tonight, at my direction, brave American forces and the Armed Forces of Nigeria flawlessly executed a meticulously planned and very complex mission to eliminate the most active terrorist in the world from the battlefield," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. ---More...
???? NOW! The U.S. military just dropped EPIC new footage of a President Trump ordered strike that obliterated ISIS global #2 commander Abu-Bilal al-Minuki in Nigeria!
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) May 16, 2026
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I voted for this ???????? pic.twitter.com/FjdekawYkV
“Tonight, at my direction, brave American forces and the Armed Forces of Nigeria flawlessly executed a meticulously planned and very complex mission to eliminate the most active terrorist in the world from the battlefield. Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second in command of ISIS…” -… pic.twitter.com/KF8MYet9CB
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 16, 2026
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