On May 4, 2024, the Nigerian military officially announced they had killed Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, the head of Is-Al Furqan Province (ISGS and ISWAP), along with eight other commanders. The names were published. The Nigerian Army stood behind every word.
Yesterday — May 15, 2026 — President Trump and President Tinubu jointly announced that U.S. and Nigerian forces had killed Abu-Bilal al-Minuki in a “meticulously planned” operation. Same name. Same man. Two years later.
How Do You Kill A Dead Man?
You don’t. Either the 2024 announcement was a lie, or the 2026 announcement is. Or both are spin. Take your pick. Now look at who was in Washington last week. Nuhu “Bugsy” Ribadu, Tinubu’s National Security Adviser, met with Vice President Vance, Secretary of State Rubio, Defense Secretary Hegseth, and the Under Secretary for Political Affairs. Three days of meetings. Nine days later, Tinubu and Trump are taking a joint victory lap over a corpse, Ribadu’s own government already buried in 2024.
This is the same Ribadu who signed the contract bringing DCI Group on board with a $9 million lobbying agreement to launder Nigeria’s image in Washington. The same DCI Group that has spent that money attacking the credibility of survivors who lost their families to the very killers Ribadu’s office calls “our brothers.”
And this is the same regime where Massad Boulos — President Trump’s Senior Advisor for Africa — is personally profiting from multi-billion-dollar no-bid contracts — a total of 74% of Nigeria’s federal budget last year! — issued by Tinubu to his longtime crony and client. Trump’s top man in Nigeria is on the take from the Nigerian president, whom he is supposed to be holding accountable.
Eleven years of this. 185,000 dead. 19,000 churches destroyed. 10 to 12 million displaced. Mourners shot at burials. Berom defenders sentenced to hang. Christian survivors arrested while killers walk. The Sultan calls jihadis hell-bound from a podium while he has not named one of them in twenty years. And the Washington playbook is to celebrate the killing of a man who was already officially dead two years ago! We need answers.
Which announcement was a lie? Something is rotten in Nigeria. And the stink is drifting through Washington DC
#EarthShaker
