Nigerian military confirms death of Al-Barnawi, Islamic State West Africa Province leader

The Nigerian military has claimed on Thursday that the leader of the Islamic State West Africa Province(ISWAP) Abu Musab al-Barnawi, is dead, but did not disclosed details of the death as at the time of this report

Penpushing reports that, Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor made the claim at the weekly briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

The military leader said, the Nigerian troops have successfully limited the operations of bandits to only the areas where they are dominant, stressing that, “I can authoritatively confirm to you that Abu Musab is dead. As simple as that. He is dead and remains dead’.

Penpushing further reports that, Irabor disclosed that Nigeria is in collaboration with neighbouring countries to tackle various forms of insecurity, adding that,“ they are essentially where they are. That is the reason why we are pursuing them. But more seriously, a larger number of the bandits remain in the north-west’.

“Of course, a few who are making inroads into the north-central, we are taking action, so that they do not spread beyond the known locations. But let me tell you also that threat as it were, whether terrorism, banditry, or any form of criminality, they are not confined to boundaries.

“And this is the reason why when we speak to issues that have to do with national security. It is placed in context with our neighbours, because, if all is well in our home and all is not well with our neighbour, then of course, we can’t have peace.

“So, this is the reason why kineticism has become an approach in this regard. And for many of you who have been very closed observers, I want you to know that there are greater interactions that we have with our neighbours’

‘And we do not also want to offset the good relations we have with our neighbours because, it is from the enlightened self-interest perspective that we would do that. So – bandits’ location, they remain largely in the northwest and we are scaling up our operations to ensure that they are essentially addressed,” he said.

Penpushing also reports that, it is recalled that the Islamic State West Africa Province(ISWAP) leadership of the late jihadist leader, al-Barnawi, after the mysterious death of Abubakar Shekau. Boko Haram leader, took over the reign of terror

The group has been striking frequently at troops resulting in the death of more than 40,000 since it began in 2009, while after splitting with Boko Haram in 2016, the group has continued to carry out large scale ambushes on the military and killing of scores of innocent residents in the Northern part of the country.

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