Insecurity: Nigeria approves US Forces’ targeted air strikes on terror strongholds –Minister

*Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, Nigeria’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, avers ‘the United States Government is cooperating; we would do it jointly. And we would ensure, just as the President (Tinubu) emphasised before he gave the go-ahead, that it must be made clear that it is a joint operation, and it is not targeting any religion nor simply in the name of one religion or the other’

Isola Moses | ConsumerConnect

The Nigerian Government has disclosed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, gave the go-ahead for the United States (US) air strikes against terrorists, their strongholds and targets in the country’s North-Western region.

ConsumerConnect reports Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, Honourable for Foreign Affairs, affirmed this development Friday, December 26, 2026, while featuring in a Channels TV programme, moments after the US Department of War and President Donald Trump had announced the North American country had conducted strikes against the terrorists in Nigeria.

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The Minster’s response must have come in regard to certain concerns in the country, viewing the strikes as a clear violation of Nigeria’s territorial integrity.

However, Ambassador Tuggar emphasised that the Federal Government would not take any actions that would violate the West African country’s sovereignty.

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He also noted: “Now that the US is cooperating, we would do it jointly. And we would ensure, just as the President (Tinubu) emphasised yesterday (Thursday) before he gave the go-ahead, that it must be made clear that it is a joint operation, and it is not targeting any religion nor simply in the name of one religion or the other.”

He also said: “We are a multi-religious country, and we are working with partners like the US to fight terrorism and safeguard the lives and properties of Nigerians.”