ISIS has developed an app to recruit children, FG warns
Fri Jun 17, 2016 07:14:am National
2K By Buchi Obichie
A statement issued by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in Abuja on Thursday, warned that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, ISIS, has developed and launched a new mobile application aimed at recruiting and indoctrinating children for the purpose of furthering its Jihad course.
The Minister stated that the terrorist group's mobile application, named Huroof', is to be used to teach children the Arabic alphabets with the aid of guns, military tanks and cannons.
Mohammed said, "The application utilises colourful illustrations that attract and engage the attention of young children."
Members of the public in general and parents in particular, have been advised to be vigilant and to prevent their children and wards from being indoctrinated
In 2014, the Federal Government issued a security alert, warning that ISIS had employed the services of a South African to recruit fighters for it from West Africa.
Shortly after the warning, a son of a prominent former Chief Justice of Nigeria was reported to have traveled to Syria in company with his two wives to fight for ISIS. He was reportedly killed in Syria recently.
The Minister stated that the terrorist group's mobile application, named Huroof', is to be used to teach children the Arabic alphabets with the aid of guns, military tanks and cannons.
Mohammed said, "The application utilises colourful illustrations that attract and engage the attention of young children."
Members of the public in general and parents in particular, have been advised to be vigilant and to prevent their children and wards from being indoctrinated
In 2014, the Federal Government issued a security alert, warning that ISIS had employed the services of a South African to recruit fighters for it from West Africa.
Shortly after the warning, a son of a prominent former Chief Justice of Nigeria was reported to have traveled to Syria in company with his two wives to fight for ISIS. He was reportedly killed in Syria recently.
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