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Nigeria: Federal University of Technology student arrested for recruiting for the Islamic State

Feb 12, 2016 4:23 pm By Robert Spencer

Poverty Causes Terrorism Update:

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“DSS arrests Nigerian student recruiting terrorists for ISIS,” by Olusola Fabiyi, Punch, February 10, 2016:

The Department of State Services said in Abuja on Tuesday that it had arrested a student of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Abdussalam Yunusa, who was recruiting for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.

A statement issued by the spokesperson for the security agency, Mr. Tony Opuiyo, said that the suspect was arrested in Kano.

He said that the arrest of the suspect was sequel to available intelligence, which he said indicated the suspect’s terrorist antecedents and covert drive to indoctrinate and recruit susceptible youths in the country.

The statement said, “On January 17, 2016 one Abdussalam Yunusa, a recruiter for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria was arrested in Kano.

“His arrest was sequel to available intelligence which indicated his terrorism antecedents and covert drive to indoctrinate and recruit susceptible youths in the country.”

Before his arrest, Opuiyo said that Yunusa had completed arrangements to embark on a journey to join an ISIS terrorist training camp in Libya, with other Nigerians whom he recruited for the group.

He gave the names of the recruited ones as Muhammed Rabi’u, Yahaya Jimoh and a female, Zainab Sunday.

He said that Yunusa was a 400-level undergraduate of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, where he was studying for a degree in Information and Media Technology before his arrest.

He was alleged to be a member of an extremist cell, comprising one Ibrahim and Abubakar Ligali, whom he (Yunusa) revealed was currently undergoing terrorist training in Libya.

Yunusa was said to have listed a Republic of Niger national, Ibrahim Jihad, and one Aminu as other ISIS agents operating in Nigeria and West African.

The cell was said to be funded by one Abu-sa’ad Al Sudani, a media expert with the extremist group.

The statement said the group was funding terrorist activities through electronic money transfers.

Opuiyo added that the DSS had on January 17, 2016 in Daura, Katsina State, intercepted another budding extremist cell affiliated to the ISIS.

He said, “One Ibrahim Daura, Zaharadeen Salisu and five other elements of the proscribed extremist group, Ansaru, were arrested by the DSS.

“This group was discovered in an active stage as its members were already coordinating themselves for attacks in Katsina and Kano states.”…

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  1. mortimer says

    Feb 12, 2016 at 4:43 pm

    Support for ISIS is high among Nigerian Muslims for some reason. 20% of Nigerian Muslims had a favorable view of ISIS when a PEW poll was conducted in the spring of 2015.

    http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/11/17/in-nations-with-significant-muslim-populations-much-disdain-for-isis/

  2. mortimer says

    Feb 12, 2016 at 4:47 pm

    287 Muslims in only 11 countries support ISIS. When extended to the other countries, we could extrapolate at least 500 million Muslims (or 1/3) of them quietly support ISIS. Since children are not polled, the result would mean that about half of adult Muslims support ISIS worldwide and are quietly cheering for it.

  3. Jack Holan says

    Feb 13, 2016 at 12:02 pm

    I would tweet this to =BO & Jeh to help them fathom the ‘Religion of Peace but we all know this would be a waste of time & energy on my part. I am just wondering if Georgetown University Grad & Masters recipient Marie Harf still believes lack of education, =coming from a lower strata of society, hopelessness of finding a job causes terrorists to join terror groups. Has she ever heard the word EVIL?
    Separately has she read the Quran, Hadith to disqualify them as factors in Jihad/terror?

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