Beware Of ISIS’ New Recruitment Strategy, FG Alerts Nigerians
Alh. Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture[/caption]
The Federal Government has alerted parents and guardians of a new recruitment scheme by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
This was contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.
The minister urged parents and guardians to monitor the activities of their children and wards in order to prevent them from being recruited by the terrorist sect.
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He cited the recent recruitment into ISIS of 27 medical students of the University of Medical Sciences and Technology (UMST) in Sudan as an example of the new strategy being used by the organisation to recruit more members.
According to him, the terrorist group has now resorted to targetting vulnerable individuals, including foreign students, using financial inducements to recruit them.
The Minister, quoting a report 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 Mohammed Fakhri Al-khabbas, a former UMST student from Middlesborough, United Kingdom.
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‘‘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,” he said.
