US Counterterrorism Chief Says Nigeria Raid Yielded Largest Electronic Intelligence Seizure Since September 11 With 199 Jihadists Killed

Sebastian Gorka, the US Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism, said in a PragerU interview that a US-backed operation in Nigeria three weeks earlier killed 199 jihadists in a single raid, calling it the largest single enemy neutralization since September 11 12. Gorka said the operation also yielded the largest seizure of jihadist electronic equipment since 9/11, requiring an additional aircraft to fly the devices out of the country, and that US intelligence agencies have begun analyzing the materials for insight into ISIS communications and networks 123. He said he watched the operation live from the White House Situation Room and described it as conducted in collaboration with the Nigerian government 1. Gorka's account matches the joint US-Nigeria raid in the Lake Chad Basin near Metele, Borno State that killed ISWAP commander Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, though his 199 figure exceeds the 175 militants Nigeria's Defence Headquarters reported killed in that operation, a discrepancy neither government has publicly explained 12. Gorka separately said the Trump administration has killed more than 1,000 jihadists worldwide since taking office 2.