REVEALED: 155 terrorists killed, 200 missing in US airstrikes in Nigeria 

•Scene from the Christmas Day bombing in Sokoto State

 

Military strikes conducted by the US in December 2025 killed 155 Lakurawa terrorists in Sokoro, a report by The New Humanitarian has claimed.

 

The publication also claimed that the attacks left 200 additional Lakurawa fighters missing in the week following the operation, reports Daily Sun.

 

The strikes, carried out in collaboration with Nigerian authorities, are believed to have involved Tomahawk missiles launched from a US destroyer positioned in the Gulf of Guinea.

 

The missiles targeted three districts in Sokoto State: Isa, Tangaza, and Tambuwal, though only Tangaza is widely recognised as a core area of Lakurawa.

 

Dando Sibu, a key Lakurawa commander, is reported to have survived the attack because he left the location less than five minutes before the second missile was fired. However, in the week following the strikes, about 200 Lakurawa fighters were reported missing.

 

The group was also said to have lost nearly half of its cattle, which is a major source of its revenue. However, the group launched a major attack on the town of Birnin Yauri in Kebbi State on 31 December. In the raid, which lasted several hours, at least 21 civilians were killed, with nine reportedly beheaded.

 

The US focus was Lakurawa though the strikes didn’t touch other jihadist groups including Boko Haram, as well as the al-Qaeda-linked Ansaru.