Emir of Kano Sanusi says Early marriages and Internet fuelling Boko Haram Insurgence

                               

The Emir of Kano Sanusi 11 said yesterday,that marrying away young girls against their will and the exposure to the Internet and social media are major root cause of youth joining Boko Haram insurgent Group and other criminal activities in the country.
In his address at the 10th annual Ramadan lecture which was organised by FRCN and NTA in kaduna,he explained that a product or an offspring of a Girl child marriage does not get any parental care and as such quickly find interest in insurgent activities at young age.
he task the Muslim Ummah to put youths into rightful direction by teaching them  both western and Islamic education.


“Are we still living in the era which father can force their daughters into marriage without their permission? Yes we are. Early marriage, yes we are in Nigeria. And it is hurting and destroying our society. We are the ones to address these social issues because they are problems.
“And you know from taking her out of school and forcing her into marriage without education result to having a child from her who does not have a mother that can give the child proper training. That is a child that gets on drugs, Indian hemp or joins Boko Haram. All these things are connected. We have to face these challenges.
“Information technology and emergence of internet and social media, today youth go on the computer and they learn Islam from Facebook and twitter. They learn Islam from videos, they watch on Facebook and after 14 to 15 hours watching new things, they need to become jihadists.
“They get up and go to Iraq or Syria or somewhere and join the group. And there are no controls. Right inside your house, your son can be sitting upstairs in the bedroom getting indoctrinated into becoming an extremist without your knowledge. We need to watch what our children watch. And we need to talk to them. If we do not give them the correct Islamic education, they will find the wrong education on the internet.
 “Now, this is very important because we have spent so much time in ignorance. I know we must send our children to school to acquire western education which is very important. You have children going to England and becoming radicalised in American on the internet not only in the Muslim countries,Sanusi said