Intense heat and a bright red sky
Residents near a village targeted by US airstrikes in northwestern Nigeria on Thursday night
recounted the moment their village shook. They did not learn what had hit their quiet village until later when news broke that what they had witnessed was a US attack on an alleged Islamic State camp
We saw when something passed above like lightning, and we thought it was at the back of our village
We saw it, and then it dropped and burst into flames. So we started calling people from Kajiji to ask them what happened
They told us it happened between Jabo and Kagara towns. U.S. President Donald Trump announced late Thursday that he had authorized a strike against an ISIS camp in northwest Nigeria
President said Jobo had never seen any attack by armed groups. Yesterday around 10.45 p.m., I received a message from Jobo because I'm residing in Sokoto
That's very close to our family farm. Something strike and this is what has happened
So I quickly rushed this morning to come and see the level of damage that this has given to the community
Glory be to God, there was no loss of life and no much damage to the properties
The U.S. has been claiming that Nigeria is witnessing a Christian genocide
a claim the Nigerian government has rejected and which caused initial tensions
Nigeria's Foreign Affairs Ministry said these strikes were coordinated between Washington and Abuja