A statement issued by Mohammed, in Abuja 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.
“The application utilises colourful illustrations that attract and engage the attention of young children,” the minister said.
He, however, 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 of 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.
