Grade 2 of 5: Major Abuse of Power
First-Ever US Airstrikes in Nigeria: Christmas Day Tomahawk Strikes on Sokoto
With the Nigerian government's approval, the US struck targets in Nigeria for the first time, in Sokoto State. Some locals disputed the ISIS narrative, unexploded ordnance fell in villages, and the domestic legal authority for the strikes, outside any clear AUMF coverage, remains contested.