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20 ISIS Fighters Vaporized in a Single Night: US MQ 9 Reapers and AC 130 Gunships Light Up Metele as Three ISWAP Commanders Die

Joint US Nigeria air strikes obliterated an ISWAP command position near the remote village of Metele in northeastern Nigeria's Borno State on 17 May 2026. Over 20 Islamic State and ISWAP fighters were killed. The operation deployed MQ 9 Reaper drones and AC 130 gunships, with the Nigerian...

Crusaders Call Team

22 May 2026 — 2 min read

Abd al Wahhab, Abu Musa al Mangawi, and Abu al Muthanna al Muhajir Eliminated in Joint US Nigeria Strike Near the Chad Border as Middle Belt Leaders Demand Air Power Move South

Joint US Nigeria air strikes obliterated an ISWAP command position near the remote village of Metele in northeastern Nigeria's Borno State on 17 May 2026. Over 20 Islamic State and ISWAP fighters were killed. The operation deployed MQ 9 Reaper drones and AC 130 gunships, with the Nigerian Air Force providing intelligence support.

Three named senior commanders died: Abd al Wahhab (ISWAP leader directing cross border raids), Abu Musa al Mangawi (senior operational commander), and Abu al Muthanna al Muhajir (media production manager).

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The operation followed the recent killing of Abu Bilal al Minuki, described by AFRICOM as "ISIS's director of global operations." Two devastating strikes inside the span of a month suggest a sustained US Nigeria intelligence partnership reshaping the counterterrorism map of West Africa.

Middle Belt leaders are now pressing for the air power to move south. Adakole Adamson said: "The number of people being killed in the Middle Belt is far greater than casualties recorded in the Northeast and Northwest combined." Rev. James Pam Gyang emphasised: "There are many Fulani Ethnic Militia camps in Nasarawa, Benue, and Taraba." Washington consultant Scott Morgan noted the legal framework: strikes against ISWAP operate under post 9/11 authorisation, but similar Middle Belt operations against Fulani militias would require new legal justification.

The Crusader's Opinion

The US Nigeria air campaign is doing exactly what it should be doing. Senior ISIS commanders are dying. The Middle Belt is asking the obvious next question: bring the air power south. Fulani militia camps in Nasarawa, Benue, and Taraba are killing Christians at a rate that dwarfs ISWAP. The Trump administration must expand the legal framework. Congress must pass new authorisation. Nigerian Christians deserve the same protection as the people of Borno. Pray for the pilots. Pray for the next strike. Pray that Plateau is next.

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Pray: For US Special Operations and Nigerian Armed Forces personnel
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