The
Defence Headquarters in Nigeria has alleged that Boko Haram terrorists now give
loans to youth as a bait for membership into the terrorist group that has
pledged allegiance to ISIS.
The
military said the terrorist group provided loans to young entrepreneurs and
artisans in the northeast, as a way of inducing them for recruitment.
In
a statement on the Defence Headquarters website, the military claimed that “the
major targets of the unholy business engagement are youths in the North East,
especially the butchers, traders, tailors, beauticians and other vocational
entrepreneurs who could be easily enticed with such loan without paying
attention to sundry inherent dangers associated with the acceptance of such
goodies from this satanic group or unfamiliar source.
“After
such loans, the beneficiaries are given the option of either joining the group
or risk being killed if they fail to pay the loan as at when due, whereas the
payment has been surreptitiously programmed to fail by the benefactor, the Boko
Haram”.
The
military further stressed that having been effectively decimated and degraded,
the remnant or surviving splinter groups of Boko Haram were desperate to
recruit more people into their ranks and files as a result of sustained
onslaught against them by the troops.
The
Defence Headquarters also advised Nigerians, especially those in the northeast,
to constantly be weary and conscious of various tactics of the desperate Boko
Haram.
-Channelstv
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