A statement issued by the Minister of
Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in Abuja on Thursday said
the mobile application, tagged ‘Huroof’ (Arabic alphabets or letters),
is to be used by ISIS 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.”
The minister urged members of the public
in general and parents in particular to be vigilant and to prevent
their children and wards from being indoctrinated
The Federal Government had in 2014
issued a security alert that the 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 travelled
to Syria in company with his two wives to fight for ISIS. The man was
reportedly killed in Syria recently.
Islamist terror group operating in West
Africa and especially in Nigeria, the Boko Haram, had also pledged
allegiance to ISIS which also welcomed it to its fold.-Punch
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