A viral video showing a group of young people chanting for AK-47 rifles and threatening attacks on worshippers in Enugu and Jos has triggered widespread outrage and renewed calls for investigation by security agencies.
OBGist gathered that the footage began circulating on social media in the early hours of Monday, October 26, 2026, on Facebook and X.
According to information obtained, the clip shows an unidentified man in a brown uniform and blue beret leading a group of boys dressed in similar uniforms as they jog in formation along an unpaved street and chant in Hausa.
Findings by OBGist indicate that a translation of the chants, shared by multiple sources who reviewed the footage, captures the leader soliciting assault rifles to carry out attacks on Sunday worshippers.
In the video, the man is heard saying: "Give me an AK-47 so that I will go to Enugu and kill non-Muslims on Sunday while they are praying. Give me guns so I will go to Jos and kill more infidels," while the children chorus after him.
The group repeatedly chants "Give us AK-47" and "We should go to Enugu, land of infidels," followed by imitations of gunfire sounds and references to attacking people during Sunday services. In a second segment, the chants shift to Jos in Plateau State.
The uniforms worn by the youths match the attire of the First Aid Group of Jama’atu Izalatul Bid’ah Wa Iqamatis Sunnah, JIBWIS, popularly known as Izala and locally referred to as ‘Yan Agaji. The group is the humanitarian and volunteer wing of the Islamic movement.
JIBWIS, also known as Izala, is a Salafi Islamic movement founded in Jos in February 1978 by the late Sheikh Isma’ila Idris. It is one of the largest Islamic organisations in Nigeria with structures across the northern states.
The footage has sparked condemnation across religious and ethnic divides. On social media, Nigerians described the chants as dangerous religious intolerance and warned against the indoctrination of children.
Lere Olayinka, media aide to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, was among those who flagged the video, alerting the Department of State Services and the Nigeria Police Force in a post on X and calling for urgent investigation.
Reacting to the incident, Safwan Umar Yahaya, a Facebook user who identified himself as a former member of the First Aid Group, condemned the rhetoric.
He said: "I condemn this rhetoric in the strongest possible terms. Religious affiliation, group membership, uniforms, or the description of an activity as training must never become an excuse for language that glorifies the killing of innocent people. Threats against worshippers are not entertainment to be dismissed casually, particularly in a country already burdened by religious suspicion, communal violence, and insecurity."
Yahaya added that the First Aid Group’s identity should be measured by its service and discipline, not by provocative words, and urged the National Director of the JIBWIS First Aid Group, Engr. Mustapha Imam Sitti, and the national leadership to address the incident.
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