{"id":655947,"date":"2025-12-26T13:36:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T13:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/655947\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T13:36:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T13:36:30","slug":"us-airstrikes-in-kwara-state-wetin-we-know-about-us-airstrike-wey-hit-kwara-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/655947\/","title":{"rendered":"US airstrikes in Kwara State: Wetin we know about US airstrike wey hit Kwara State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1ad11750-e25a-11f0-b67b-690eb873de1b.png.webp.webp\"   alt=\"A collage of damaged buildings and a missile\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1600 \/ 900\" class=\"css-1seqhu9\"\/>26 December 2025, 14:03 WAT<\/p>\n<p>New Informate 17 minutes wey don pass<\/p>\n<p>Read am in 2 mins<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 e1yuyadm0\">US President Donald Trump bin launch &#8220;powerful and deadly strike&#8221; against di Islamic State for Nigeria but e also hit Offa area of Kwara State.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 e1yuyadm0\">Tajudeen Alabi, wey be former Special Assistant to Kwara State govnor on security matas confam di incident to di BBC.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 e1yuyadm0\">Alabi say dem hear sound three times around 9pm on 25 December.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 e1yuyadm0\">Di former Special Assistant say di strike hit and destroy buildings for several locations but as of now, dem neva report any casualty.<\/p>\n<p>Kontinu to dey read<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 e1yuyadm0\">&#8220;At least, na about five structures destroy for different locations. We see some items for one popular hotel, we dey call am Offa Central Hotel. E be like bomb,&#8221; e tok.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria confam airstrikes on terrorist targets<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 e1yuyadm0\">Nigeria Ministry of Foreign Affairs wey also confam di strikes say dem collaborate wit America to carry am out.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 e1yuyadm0\">For statement ontop dia X account, di ministry say Nigeria dey cooperate wit international partners including America to address di threat of terrorism and violent extremism.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 e1yuyadm0\">Dem say di collabo lead to &#8220;precision hits on terrorist targets for Nigeria and by air strikes for di north west.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 e1yuyadm0\">&#8220;In line wit established international practice and bilateral understandings, dis cooperation include di exchange of intelligence, strategic coordination and oda forms of support wey dey consistent wit international law, mutual respect for sovereignty and shared commitments to regional and global security.&#8221; Di statement add.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 e1yuyadm0\">Di statement go further to say di counter-terrorism efforts dey guided by: &#8221; Di primacy of protecting civilian lives, safeguarding national unity and upholding di rights and dignity of all citizens, irrespective of faith or ethnicity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cee036e0-e25a-11f0-b67b-690eb873de1b.jpg.webp.webp\"   alt=\"Photo of a missile \" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"756\" height=\"1008\" style=\"aspect-ratio:756 \/ 1008\" class=\"css-1seqhu9\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/07357600-e25f-11f0-a8dc-93c15fe68710.jpg.webp.webp\"   alt=\"Damaged building\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4032 \/ 3024\" class=\"css-1seqhu9\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1abf98e0-e25f-11f0-b67b-690eb873de1b.jpg.webp.webp\"   alt=\"Damaged building\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4032 \/ 3024\" class=\"css-1seqhu9\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/34830e60-e25f-11f0-aae2-2191c0e48a3b.jpg.webp.webp\"   alt=\"Damaged building\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4032 \/ 3024\" class=\"css-1seqhu9\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"26 December 2025, 14:03 WAT New Informate 17 minutes wey don pass Read am in 2 mins US&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":655948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5311],"tags":[49,978,659],"class_list":{"0":"post-655947","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-united-states","9":"tag-us","10":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115786140829425636","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/655948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}