25-Year-Old Ghanaian Reportedly Joins ISIS Upon Graduation
Nazir Nortei Alema, a 25-year-old Ghanaian graduate of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) with a degree in Geography and Rural Development, is reportedly feared to have joined the terrorist group, Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
According to family sources, on August 2nd, soon after completing the mandatory National Service in Ghana, which he undertook at the Ghana Statistical Service, Mr. Alema sent a WhatsApp message to his family to the effect that he was traveling to another part of Ghana on a job-related assignment.
Nazir’s father, Kabiru Alema, said he later sent him another message to negate the earlier one.
“He said that he had lied to us when he said he was on his way to Prestea and Takoradi but that the truth is that he was on his way to join ISIS,” he said.
Excerpts from Nazir’s WhatsApp message read as follows:
“Pray for me, for I will never forget you in my prayer and it’s my hope and prayer that we meet again if not in this world then in Jannah (paradise). I love you all. May Allah grant us understanding and guide us all to the straight path. Asalaamu alaikum.
I told you a lie to please my Allah. The deception was to go do some research work in far away Prestea while the main idea was to move far away from you all to the Islamic State (IS). I know it might sound kind of crazy for you but your son really had to take this bold step to get out of the corrupt system of Ghana which has democracy first on its list.”
The family says it is convinced that Nazir has joined the ranks of ISIS because “a couple of his friends have also gone missing. We went to their individual houses and discovered that there is no information about their whereabouts.”
Mr. Alema mentioned the name of another KNUST graduate, a certain Abubakar Mohammed aka Brother, as an example of the friends suspected to have taken off with him.
Mr. Alema said, “The youth who have fallen prey to the ISIS craze belong to the same whatsapp group on which they share extreme ideas about Islam.”
The “Sadaqa Train,” which is the name of the whatsapp group, has been deactivated after the father of one of the members questioned the administrator about their motives.
Mr. Alema also added that some disturbing videos have been spotted on his son’s laptop, a clear indicator that Nazir has been sufficiently brainwashed online.
Source: SaharaReporters
Lord have mercy!!!! Is he that dumb? After spending money to send him to he univesity all he can think about is ISIS?
I just read this as a foot note on AIT. It’s so sad that a young chap has decided to waste his life for nothing. God help him.
ISIS must have brainwashed him.
hmmmmmmm,ije uwa
Brain wash a 25yr old? Abeg is he so stupid or daft?
Can you imagine?
Absolute nonsense..May God deliver him
This is absurd! He has gone crazy…………
What a wasted life
This is so sad indeed
Such a waste!
mtchheeew senseless graduate…n very dumb too.
Lord have mercy
Good for him.
Too bad may God help him
I feel for this family not the idiot himself . Die nd go.to he’ll
I saw this on tv and I was just so annoyed with that stupid guy.His elder brother was even asked some questions during the program.He said that his brother is one cool guy,they didn’t believe he could do such a thing.His family is devastated.What the hell is wrong with him?How did he allow these people to brainwash him to this extent?