25-year-old Ghanaian graduate joins ISIS (photo)

A 25-year-old, graduate of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Nazir Nortei Alema has reportedly joined the popular terrorist group, ISIS. Nasir, who holds a degree in Geography and Rural Development, is believed to be one of the 10 suspected Muslim youth from Ghana who recently joined the terrorist group.

Nasir is said to have left for the terrorist after completing the mandatary 1-year National Service in Ghana. His father, Abdul Latif Alema, narrated how his son had earlier sent a whatsapp message to the family indicating that he was on his way to Prestea from where he would proceed to Takoradi on an official assignment. He said;

“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 the ISIS,” his father said.

Extracts from Nazir’s whatsapp message, received by his brother Kabir read; “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. You can follow this link to know about the ‘shirk’ called democracy islamqa.info/en/98134”.

As to why the family is convinced that Nazir has joined the ranks of ISIS, Kabir said “we are convinced 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.”