FG advises Nigerian parents to be weary of recruitment tactics of jihadists

Ayodele Johnson 21:04 - 03 April 2017

Iraqi Shiite militia fighters hold the Islamic State flag as they celebrate after breaking the siege of Amerli by Islamic State militants.

Parents have been advised to keep a watchful eye over their children to curb against recruitment by ISIS.

Nigerias Information and Culture minister, Lai Mohammed has advised parents to keep vigil over their children in order to protect them from the recruitment tactics employed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

He offered this advice in a press statement issued today, April 3, 2017, Linda Ikeji's Blog reports.

Mohammed gave the address following a recent enlistment of 27 medical students of the University of Medical Sciences and Technology (UMST), Sudan by the terror group.

''According to the report, the students were recruited by one Mohammed Fakhri Al-khabbas, a former UMST student from Middlesborough, United Kingdom.

"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," the minister said in a statement.

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To prevent a similar case in Nigeria, Mohammed urged parents and guardians to keep a peeled eye over their children and wards, particularly those studying off the shores of Nigeria.