"ISIS Recruiting Children Of Affluent Nigerians Via Social Media" - FG

Daily Times reports that the federal government on Thursday revealed that ISIS terrorists are recruiting the children of affluent Nigerians. Director-General of the Na­tional Orientation Agency, Mike Omeri, made this known during a routine briefing at the National Information Centre in Abuja. During the briefing, the security situation in the country was discussed. Omeri stated:

“The Centre wishes to alert the nation of intelligence reports indicating the radicalization of our youths through social media and a variety of other sources.

The reports show that these youths, who are mostly children of the rich and affluent, are being recruited into ISIS.

We, therefore, call on parents and guardians, especially those whose wards are schooling abroad, to closely monitor the activities of these students who may be susceptible to the antics of the promoters of the ISIS ideology.”