{"id":146653,"date":"2015-08-27T06:00:36","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T06:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=146653"},"modified":"2015-08-27T06:02:30","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T06:02:30","slug":"ghana-could-become-isis-training-grounds-if-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=146653","title":{"rendered":"Ghana could become ISIS training grounds if&#8230; \u2013 MP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A member of Parliaments Defense and Interior Committee, Major Derek Oduro says the nation must be troubled by reports that a Ghanaian graduate has joined militant group in the Middle East, ISIS.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe should be very much troubled if we have a situation where graduates from Ghana who have no work here are trooping to join terrorist groups, we have cause to worry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;JxxVsTXjE9RrIwLmsyPK1DNEXm4THcUY&#8221;]A 25-year- old Ghana graduate from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Nazir Nortei Alema is said to have sent a message to his family announcing <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/08\/25\/knust-graduate-joins-isis-terrorist-group\/\" target=\"_blank\">his decision to join the dreaded group<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">His father, Abdul Latif Alema has appealed to the media and security agencies <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/08\/25\/ghanaian-joins-isis-my-son-may-be-mentally-challenged-father\/\" target=\"_blank\">to help locate his son<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the messages they received from Nazir suggests that he may be mentally challenged.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Latif Alema, several other graduates have been reported missing in the last few months and are believed to have also joined ISIS.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking on <strong>Eyewitness News<\/strong>, Major Derek Oduro who is also the Member of Parliament for Nkoranza North noted that the matter poses a great threat security threat to Ghana.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This he said is because \u201cwhen they go and succeed, one day they may come back and it will be a bad situation for Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt is either they will bring the terrorist group here or this place could be turned into a training ground or recruitment centre for terrorists. So either of these situations will not be good for Ghana so we have cause to worry about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Godwin A. 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