Nigerian who wanted to bomb American plane
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Posted by Felix Okoli on December 27, 2009 at 03:15:49:
We already have a lot of international problems, why do we have to be dealing with this now during Christmas?
Farouk is a 23 year old Nigerian whose Father was a former chairman of First bank of Nigeria and was studying abroad in London. The father had a couple of weeks informed security authorities on the American and UK part about his worry that his son had strong radical views.
He has since been arrested as passengers were able to subdue him when he was not able to set off the bomb. He has been taken to court and is expected to be sentenced for more than 20 years. He speaks good English and appears well educated but was said to boycott his studies to go for the attempted terrorist act.
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We already have a lot of international problems, why do we have to be dealing with this now during Christmas?
Farouk is a 23 year old Nigerian whose Father was a former chairman of First bank of Nigeria and was studying abroad in London. The father had a couple of weeks informed security authorities on the American and UK part about his worry that his son had strong radical views.
He has since been arrested as passengers were able to subdue him when he was not able to set off the bomb. He has been taken to court and is expected to be sentenced for more than 20 years. He speaks good English and appears well educated but was said to boycott his studies to go for the attempted terrorist act.
TWENTY THREE year-old Nigerian, Umaru Farouk Abdul Mutallab, on Christmas day, put Nigeria on the global map of terrorism, when he attempted to blow up a Northwest Airlines Flight 253, carrying 278 passengers and 11 crew members from Amsterdam, as it prepared to land in Detroit, just before noon .The attempted suicide attack by Mutallab, said to be son of a former chairman of First Bank Nigeria Plc, who is also the current Chairman of Nigeria's first Islamic bank, Jaiz International Plc. Alhaji Umaru Mutallab, led to injuries of some passengers aboard the aircraft belonging to a United States airliner, Delta Airlines. Mutallab said to have confessed to having a link to the notorious terrorist group, al-Qaeda in Yemen, was also said to have suffered some burns, and was hospitalised in Detroit, Michigan.Consequently, Vice President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday, directed Nigerian security agencies to commence full investigation into the incident.The Detroit incident comes on the heels of the Parcel Bomb explosion that rocked part of Superscreen, a television house in Lagos, on Tuesday. The bearer of the parcel bomb, who suffered injuries when one of the bombs exploded in his hand, is said to be receiving treatment in a hospital under the watchful eyes of the Police, who have since commenced investigation.Mutallab, according to the CNN, had been officially charged by the American government yesterday.The suspect - an engineering student at University College of London, according to ABC News and NBC News - began his trip Thursday from Nigeria. It was not clear yesterday, whether Mutallab underwent security screening in Amsterdam or merely changed planes there.His action drew rage across the globe, with many airports devising new means of security. The news of the Mutallab indeed dominated international media reports yesterday; thus dragging the already unimpressive reputation of Nigeria into further jeopardy.Reacting to the development yesterday in Abuja, Minister of Information and Communications, Prof. Dora Akunyili, said that Nigeria as a nation abhor all forms of terrorism and assured that Nigerian security agencies would cooperate with the American authorities in the on-going investigations.It was difficult to reach the father of Mutallab yesterday, but reports said he had been invited by the Nigeria Police Authorities; and had already made a statement.
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Re: Nigerian who wanted to bomb American plane
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on December 29, 2009 at 09:56:43:
In Reply to: Nigerian who wanted to bomb American plane posted by Felix Okoli on December 27, 2009 at 03:15:49: is like the boy wanted to immitate the iragis to cause evil scandals for him to achieve his evil reward. my prayer is that let Nigeria law inforcement agency and London police force to put hand together and know full details about the incident.
Re: Nigerian who wanted to bomb American plane Posted by Felix Okoli on December 29, 2009 at 09:56:43:
In Reply to: Nigerian who wanted to bomb American plane posted by Felix Okoli on December 27, 2009 at 03:15:49: I agree with you on that but I am also getting amused somehow. Why is it only when a Nigerian will want to commit terror that it has to be a 419 terror. I.e. one that never happened, like a scam terror. Well was he scamming Al-quaeda or the FBI?
In Reply to: Nigerian who wanted to bomb American plane posted by Felix Okoli on December 27, 2009 at 03:15:49: is like the boy wanted to immitate the iragis to cause evil scandals for him to achieve his evil reward. my prayer is that let Nigeria law inforcement agency and London police force to put hand together and know full details about the incident.
Re: Nigerian who wanted to bomb American plane Posted by Felix Okoli on December 29, 2009 at 09:56:43:
In Reply to: Nigerian who wanted to bomb American plane posted by Felix Okoli on December 27, 2009 at 03:15:49: I agree with you on that but I am also getting amused somehow. Why is it only when a Nigerian will want to commit terror that it has to be a 419 terror. I.e. one that never happened, like a scam terror. Well was he scamming Al-quaeda or the FBI?