Aid agency Mercy Corps has stated that Boko Haram has lured
young entrepreneurs and business owners in northeast Nigeria to join the
Islamist militant group by offering or promising capital and loans to boost
their businesses.
It is also reported that many Nigerian youths – ranging from
butchers and beauticians to tailors and traders – accepted loans for their
businesses in return for joining Boko Haram. This loan is said to be a trap to
get these young people join the group. Those
who cannot repay their loans are forced to join the militants or be killed,
said the report from the U.S.-based aid agency.
“It is incredibly clever – either such loans breed loyalty
or Boko Haram use mafia style tactics to trap and force young people to join
them,” Inks told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
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