Dead in the Lake Chad Dark

Dead in the Lake Chad Dark: Nigeria’s Biggest Counterterrorism Win — And Why the War Isn’t Over Yet The killing of Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, ISIS’s global second-in-command, in a joint US-Nigerian strike is historic. But for a conflict that has claimed over 35,000 lives since 2009, one bullet doesn’t end a war. By Aminu Adamu On the night of Friday, May 15, 2026, somewhere in the dense, politically volatile terrain of the Lake Chad Basin, a man named Abu-Bilal al-Minuki was killed. With him died several of his lieutenants. The operation was swift, coordinated, and, by all accounts, meticulously planned.  Nigerian President…