The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has lauded the United States’ airstrike on suspected terrorist elements in North-West Nigeria.
Afenifere’s position followed confirmation by the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) that the air operation was carried out by U.S. forces with the approval of the federal government, based on shared intelligence between Nigeria and the United States.
Also, U.S. President Donald Trump had on Thursday night confirmed that American forces conducted an airstrike targeting terrorist elements operating in the North-West.
In a statement issued on Friday to reporters in Akure, Ondo state capital, by its National Organising Secretary, Kole Omololu, Afenifere described the strike as timely and necessary in view of persistent insecurity in parts of the country.
The organisation said terrorist attacks, abductions, and destruction of lives and property had continued in affected communities, adding that previous efforts to dismantle terrorist enclaves had been inadequate.
The recent confirmation by the Defence Headquarters that the joint air strikes conducted by Nigerian and United States military forces against ISIS terrorist elements in North-West Nigeria were executed with the approval of the appropriate Federal Government authorities is both timely and necessary.
