Marco Rubio, United States Secretary of State, says his country is actively involved in counterterrorism cooperation with the Nigerian government and security forces.
Rubio spoke on Wednesday in Washington, DC, while outlining the State Department’s activities before the House Foreign Affairs Committee during a hearing on the department’s FY27 budget request.
The Secretary of State said there was widespread concern about violence against Christians in Nigeria.
“We are now actively in counterterrorism cooperation with the Nigerian government and Nigerian security forces, including a joint operation a couple of weeks ago that took out the number two leader of global ISIS operating from inside of the country, and that continues,” he said.
Abu-Bilal Al-Minuki, the second-in-command of ISIS, was killed on May 15 during a joint US-Nigerian operation targeting his compound in the Lake Chad Basin.
Pete Hegseth, US secretary of defence, said Al-Minuki “was most responsible for killing Christians” in Nigeria.
President Bola Tinubu, who confirmed
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