– The minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, urges parents and guardians to monitor the activities of their children and wards to prevent them from being recruited by ISIS
– Lai Mohammed cites a recent recruitment into ISIS of 27 medical students of the University of Medical Sciences and Technology in Sudan as an example of the new strategy
– The minister urges schools across the country to enlighten their students on the new ISIS’ recruitment strategy
Lai Mohammed has said the Nigerian intelligence community recently got a report on ISIS recruitment strategy.
The federal government has disclosed that terrorist group, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), was now targeting vulnerable individuals, including foreign students, using financial inducements to recruit them into the organisation.
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The minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed made the disclosure in a statement on Monday, April 3.
He therefore urged parents and guardians to monitor the activities of their children and wards in order to prevent them from being recruited by the group.
Mohammed made reference the recent recruitment into ISIS of 27 medical students of the University of Medical Sciences and Technology in Sudan as an example of the new strategy being used by the organisation to recruit more members.
The minister, citing a report which he said was received by the Nigerian intelligence community, said “22 of the 27 students, who travelled to Syria to join ISIS, are Britons.”
“According to the report, the students were recruited by one
“Many of the students are children of reputable doctors in the UK. Their Social Media accounts also revealed them as praising Jihadists and championing ISIS’ cause,” Mohammed said.
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The minister appealed to Nigerians, especially those who have children and wards in foreign academic institutions, to pay more attention to their activities.
He also urged schools across the country to enlighten their students on the new ISIS’ recruitment strategy.
Meanwhile, ZENITHBLOG.com reports that Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has called on the United Nations and other relevant agencies to help with deliberate effort to remove landmines from the Sambisa after the take-over of the territory from terrorists.
Vanguard reports that Buratai made the call in an interview in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, on Sunday, April 2.
Buratai said this is because such project requires much resources and effort that the country alone may not be able to finance.
Families of detained suspects who are being held without trial in DSS custody speak to ZENITHBLOG.com.
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