NSCDC Discovers Spiritual Book Used by Boko Haram to Indoctrinate Victims

Officials of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said on Sunday that they have discovered a “spiritual book” used by members of violent Islamist group, “Boko Haram” to indoctrinate their victims.


Boko Haram have carried out widespread abduction of mostly children and women in their six year campaign of terror. One of the group’s most deadly method was to use young girls as suicide bombers.

Premium Times reported that the Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC in Borno, Ibrahim Abdullahi, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the book written in Arabic was found at an abandoned house in Dikwa Local Government Area of the state.

“It is sad that many innocent souls had been dragged into submitting to Boko Haram through spiritual indoctrination,” he said.

“The book, named ‘Guduma’, was used by the insurgents as a powerful charm to indoctrinate followers into submitting to the dictates of leaders of the sect.

“Our findings revealed that the book was also used in deceiving victims and members of the sect into believing that it could make them invisible and also offer protection against bullet shots and bombs.


“The spiritual book was abandoned by ‘Boko Haram’ after the takeover of Dikwa from the insurgents, two years ago,” he said.

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