The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has clarified a recent disclosure by the United States about the killing of 199 jihadists and recovery of a massive cache of ISIS arms, ammunition and electronic equipment in Nigeria.

Director of Defence Information, Major General Samaila Uba, said the operation was a US-Nigeria joint operation that the Nigerian military had disclosed in May but which was recently declassified in the United States.

Daily Sun reports that US Senior Director for Counterterrorism at the National Security Council, Dr. Sebastian Gorka, recently disclosed that the operation produced the largest cache of enemy electronic equipment recovered since the September 11, 2001 attacks.

He described the operation as one of the most successful counterterrorism operations undertaken under the Trump administration.

Gorka said, “We needed an extra plane to bring home all the electronic material that we captured in those camps. The haul was three times bigger than any enemy electronics haul since 9-11. That is priceless because now our experts are taking apart all of that information, looking at how ISIS is communicating with each other.”

Reacting, the Nigerian military spokesman said, “This is not a new operation. We have previously communicated our highly successful joint operations in May. What you are hearing are some declassified information concerning our previous operation being given out now. However, Nigeria-US joint operations and collaboration are very much on course.” (Text, excluding headline: The Sun)