The United States Government has vowed to carry out more strikes against terrorists operating in and around Nigeria.
This came as the US Department of War released a video indicating that Thursday’s attack on Islamic State terrorists in Sokoto State, North-West Nigeria, was launched from a warship.
The video showed at least one projectile launched from a US warship but gave no indication as to where the warship is operating from.
Following the airstrikes, both US President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth declared that more was to come.
Trump had broken news of the Sokoto airstrikes on Thursday night, writing on his Truth Social platform: “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!”
He further wrote: “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.”
Hinting on more attacks to come, Trump wrote: “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.”