Nigeria, Oct. 31 -- Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), an al-Qaeda affiliate operating in the Sahelian states of Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, has claimed its first attack in Nigeria.

The attack, according to local sources and jihadi experts, targeted a security position in Nuku, a Kwara State village bordering Benin.

Armed terrorists believed to be members of JNIM claimed the attack in a video now circulating on social media.

Philip Brant, a jihadi expert with special focus on the Sahel, noted that JNIM's propaganda medium, az-Zallaqah, has not confirmed the attack. However, he said the person in the video explicitly claimed the attack was from JNIM.

In June, PREMIUM TIMES reported that JNIM claimed an attack on Bass...