A senior adviser to Nigerian President Bola Tinubu says Abuja shared intelligence with Washington before the recent U.S. airstrikes in northwest Nigeria, but admits it is still unclear which specific group was actually hit. President Donald Trump has framed the Christmas‑Day strikes as a “powerful and deadly” blow against Islamic State terrorists slaughtering Christians, yet adviser Daniel Bwala said that this narrative is “sketchy,” noting that Nigeria has not yet confirmed whether the targets were ISIS militants, the Lakurawa faction, or other armed fighters.
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