Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has accused President Donald Trump of being insincere on the death of an ISIS Commander, Abu-Bilal al-Mainuki.
US President Donald Trump had announced the killing of the commander whom he described as the “most active terrorist in the world”.
President Bola Tinubu also confirmed the killing, saying Al-Manuki was killed in a joint Nigerian-American counterterrorism operation.
The Nigerian leader had said he looked forward to more collaboration with the US.
However, Daily Trust spotted that two years ago, the Defence Headquarters listed Al-Manuki among terrorists neutralised between January and March 2024.
Addressing journalists at Defence Headquarters in Abuja, then Director of Defence Media Operations, Edward Buba, had described Minuki as head of Is-Al Furqan Province (ISGS and ISWAP).
According to Buba, Minuki popularly known as Abubakar Mainok among his criminal gang members, operated along Birnin Gwari Forest in Kaduna State as well as the Abuja Kaduna Highway.
The former Defence spokesman said the terror commander was killed on February 21, 2024.
Buba had claimed that over 50 combatants which included Kachallah Alhaji Dayi, Kachallah Idi (Namaidaro), Kachallah Kabiru (Doka), Kachallah Azarailu (Farin-Ruwa), Kachallah Balejo, Ubangida, Alhaji Baldu, among several others, were all killed within that period.
In a statement issued on Saturday, Falana said the terrorist leader had been announced killed in 2024 by Nigerian troops, contrary...
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has accused President Donald Trump of being insincere on the death of an ISIS Commander, Abu-Bilal al-Mainuki. US President Donald Trump had announced the killing...