Leaders of Islamic State (ISIS)
are sneaking battle-hardened extremists from Syria into Nigeria, according to
UK Sun.
Some of the fighters are
reportedly sent to the Middle East for training in a “chilling exchange
programme”.
The tabloid said the insurgents
are trained for possible attacks in Britain.
The report quoted sources as
saying the strong links between Nigeria and the UK will make it easier for IS
to send its killers to Britain.
“It is feared IS will exploit
regular flights between Lagos and London to export more evil to the UK,” the
report read.
Isaac Subi, a group captain, who
has been fighting terrorism, said IS has an exchange programme of fighters.
“They come and train their
fighters here and some of our insurgents too are granted access to their
training in Yemen and Syria, acquiring those skills and they come back and
teach others,” he said.
“They have their exchange
programme of fighters. Their poisonous attack has already ended in horror
attacks on British streets.”
Subi added that the lack of
secure borders across Africa also makes it easy to spread the bloodshed.
“There are hundreds of fighters.
It’s a virus that spreads across our borders. Their action leaves trails of
blood and tears and sorrow,” he added.
UK Sun said at least 150 British
troops are conducting counter-terror training with Nigerian forces in an
attempt to stem the bloody tide, and stop IS taking hold in the region.
Charles Calder, Britain’s defense
adviser in Abuja, said ISIS could be a threat to the UK mainland if unchecked.
“In time, unchecked, it could present a threat to both UK
interests and conceivably the UK mainland,” Calder said.
“Sending small, handpicked teams
out to military training hubs across the country was the best way to prevent
Nigeria from collapsing.
“Brits has so far trained 35,000
military personnel in Nigeria and commanders say they are now performing better
on the frontline.
“The UK has teams training
Nigeria’s air force, army , naval special forces and the equivalent of the
SAS.”
In 2016, a faction split from
Boko Haram, swore allegiance to IS and rebranded itself Islamic State in West
Africa.
TheCable could not reach the
military for comments as the telephone of Texas Chukwu, army spokesman, was not
available as of the time this report was filed.
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