{"id":87069,"date":"2021-10-15T08:18:49","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T07:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=87069"},"modified":"2021-10-15T08:18:49","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T07:18:49","slug":"nigerian-army-confirms-iswap-leader-al-barnawis-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/nigerian-army-confirms-iswap-leader-al-barnawis-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Army confirms ISWAP leader, Al-Barnawi\u2019s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m12897\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nigeria\u2019s Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Lucky Irabor has confirmed that the vicious leader of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), Abu Musab Al-Barnawi has been killed.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal  \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Pointblanknews.com reports that General Irabor made the revelation while speaking on Thursday during the Ministerial briefing organised by the presidential communications team at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can authoritatively confirm to you that Abu Musab is dead. As simple as that. He is dead and remains dead,\u201d Irabor said<\/p>\n<p>The founder of Boko Haram, Mohammed Yusuf was also killed by security forces in 2009 when he championed an onslaught against the Nigerian State that resulted in the death of over a thousand persons.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Barnawi was announced as the leader of its West African affiliate, Boko Haram, which was hitherto led by Abubakar Shekau in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Shekau\u2019s removal in 2016 heralded the rise of the relatively young Al-Barnawi as ISWAP leader and at the same time, the split of the terrorist group into two factions.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Lucky Irabor has confirmed that the vicious leader of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), Abu Musab Al-Barnawi has been killed. 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