Nigeria: UK-Based Nigerian Identifies Grandson in Isis Video

6 January 2016

A child shown at the end of the latest Islamic State propaganda video has been identified as the son of a South London woman of Nigerian parentage who converted to Islam and left for Syria several years ago, according to her father.

According to the UK-based Guardian newspaper, Mr. Henry Dare, also known as Sunday, said that he recognised the child from the film as Isa, one of the sons of his daughter Khadijah, who has also been used as a figurehead by ISIS.

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