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Robbery suspect offers villagers N1.8m to evade arrest

Posted by 9jabook.com on August 1, 2010 at 7:59pm
Another member of the heavily armed robbery gang which plan to storm Abeokuta last

Tuesday has been arrested despite offering a sum of N1.8million to the villagers where he took refuge following injuries he sustained during gun duel with police authorities. Next authoritatively gathered that the 20-year -old suspect, Onyeka Ani, was apprehended at the weekend in Mawuko village, Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State by the villagers while he was trying to bolt away after spending days in the bush. Luck ran against the suspect, who emerged from the bush with gunshot wound while trying to escape to neigbouring Lagos State. Unknown to him, a radio announcement by the police intimating villagers of the escape of some criminals from the scene of the gun duel had being aired. The villagers, sighting him soaked in blood, suspected him to be member of the scattered robbery gang, as earlier announced by the police command in Abeokuta. He was subsequently apprehended. Realizing that nemesis had caught up with him, the suspect, a native of

Apkugo, in Nkanu Local Government Area of Enugu State, reportedly profusely begged the villagers, to spare him, with an offer to provide them the sum of N1.8million..

The suspect, according one of the villagers, appealed to the them to allow him call somebody in Lagos who will arrange the money to effect his release. The unimpressed villagers turned down the offer and swiftly contacted the police. He was thereafter handed over to the police authorities and as at the time of this report, he is in police custody at Eleweran and being interrogated alongside other two suspects earlier arrested. The public relations officer of the police command, Muyiwa Adejobi confirmed the arrest and expressed appreciation to the villagers for their support for the police in nabbing the suspect. Mr Adejobi called for more cooperation from the members of the public, particularly on providing police information on crimes and criminals. “Such information will be treated in confidence,” he said.

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Nigeria extradites Al-Qaeda suspect to the U.S.

Posted by 9jabook.com on March 10, 2010 at 2:04am



Wednesday, March 10, 2010
A TERRORIST suspected to belong to the Al-Qaeda network, Ibrahim Haman Ahmed, who was extradited to the United States of America by Nigerian government officials had been on the wanted list of the United States Central Intelligence Agency for more than two years, security and diplomatic sources in Abuja told Vanguard, yesterday..



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The man who was allegedly trained by Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan and working for the Al-Shabaab group in Somalia, was said to be the most senior figure of the terrorist organization in Nigeria. He was said to be trying to recruit young Nigerian Muslims to join the terrorist organization.

Ahmed’s arrest and extradition to the United States was, however, said to be connected to his role in fighting the government of Somalia where he was said to have spent eight months.

He was extradited from Nigeria to the United States through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Before then, he was said to have hiden somewhere in Sokoto and moving around the north western states of Kano, Katsina, Kebbi and Zamfara states where he was said to have been targeting western educated youths for recruitment.

According to Vanguard sources, Ahmed was arrested by security officials in Sokoto following intelligence provided by American security organizations, the Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI.

A special jet, ostensibly provided by the CIA was flown into Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja, Friday night and where parked till Saturday morning when the terror suspect was moved in.

According to security sources at the airport, Ahmed was driven through the tarmac to the foot of the aircraft where he disembarked and was handed over to the waiting American security operatives.

Security cooperation

A source told Vanguard: “He was hooded, handcuffed and had leg shackles and was led by two men into the aircraft. He did not pass through normal entry at the airport but was driven though the tarmac right to the foot of the aircraft where he was led into the awaiting American jet. Airport staff were prevented from going near them by both Nigerian and American security men.”

It was gathered that his extradition was part of security cooperation between the United States government and her Nigerian counterpart in tackling growing terrorist threat in Africa.

The December last year attempt by Nigerian born Faruk Abdulmutallab to bomb a jetliner destined for Detroit, USA, Nigeria has attracted closer scrutiny from the American security apparatus which has listed Nigeria as a country of interest on terrorism.

The arrest of the terror suspect who is suspected to be from Eritrea has, however, heightened American concerns about Nigeria which is seen as an emerging haven for Muslim terrorists around the world.

A western diplomat in Abuja told Vanguard yesterday that with this development, it was becoming increasingly difficult for Nigeria to be de-listed from the American list of countries of interest, stressing: “Nigeria has to do more than protest for it to be de-listed from the American list.”

Repeated attempts by Vanguard to get official reactions from the State Security Services were unsuccessful as repeated calls to the spokes person of the service, Mrs. Marylyn Ogar were abortive.
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US court indicts Nigerian terror suspect Mutallab

Posted by Paul "EFCC" Hawk Adams on January 6, 2010 at 7:03pm
A grand jury has indicted Nigerian bomb suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab accused of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight on Christmas Day. According to federal documents, the six charges against Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab are: •attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction; •attempted murder within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States; •willful attempt to destroy and wreck an aircraft within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States; •willfully placing a destructive device on an aircraft; and •two counts possession of a destructive device in furtherance of a crime of violence. The indictment was filed yesterday. Authorities said Abdulmutallab, 23, was travelling to Detroit from Amsterdam when he tried to blow up the plane carrying nearly 300 people by injecting chemicals into a package of pentrite explosive concealed in his underwear. The failed attack caused popping sounds and flames that passengers and crew rushed to extinguish. Since then, airlines and the Transportation Security Administration have boosted security in airports in the U.S. and around the world. There is no specific mention of terrorism in the seven-page indictment, but President Barack Obama considers the incident a failed strike against the United States by an affiliate of al-Qaida. Abdulmutallab has told U.S. investigators he received training and instructions from al-Qaida operatives in Yemen. His father warned the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria that his son had drifted into extremism in the al-Qaida hotbed of Yemen, but that threat was never fully digested by the U.S. security apparatus. Abdulmutallab He is being held at a federal prison in Milan, Mich. A message seeking comment was left yesterday with his lawyer, Miriam Siefer. nigeria spoke yesterday of its "disappointment" and "concern" over the United States’ listing of this country’s citizens for strict screening at airport. The Federal Government said the US action may affect the two countries’ relations. After reviewing the situation, it resolved that Nigeria does not deserve the inclusion, the government said in Abuja. The suspect Farouk Abdulmutallab, though Nigerian born, has been educated and bred outside Nigeria. Besides, he only transited through Nigeria for less than 30 minutes on the fateful day. Abdulmutallab is accused of attempting to blow up a plane in Detroit, United States, on Christmas Day. Rising from its first Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting of the year presided over by the Vice President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, the government submitted that the US action is capable of undermining US-Nigeria relationship. Minister of Information and Communications Prof Dora Akunyili, with whom were Minister of Power Mr Lanre Babalola and Minister of State for Information and Communications Ikra Bilbis, described the listing of Nigeria as disturbing because Nigeria has signed and ratified nine of the 16 United Nations (UN) and African Union (AU) instruments on counter-terrorism. The minister hinted that the government was strengthening security, with an ordered for the supply of eight body scanners. Farouk, son of prominent banker Alhaji Umaru Mutallab, has reportedly been known for his radical religious views following which his father reported his conduct to Nigerian and United States security agencies. A statement read by Mrs Akunyili said: "The Federal Executive Council (FEC) at the meeting of January 6, 2010 reviewed the events of December 25th and resolved as follows: Nigeria expresses its disappointment and concern over the under served placement of Nigeria on the country of interest list and views this action as having the potential of undermining longstanding and established US-Nigeria bilateral ties and the goodwill the US enjoys in Nigeria. "It is on record that Nigeria has signed and ratified nine of the 16 UN and AU instruments on counter-terrorism dealing with issues ranging from money laundering, drug trafficking, crime, to nuclear terrorism. This is in addition to its various roles in peacekeeping which have earned it international recognition and commendations of the UN. "Nigeria has since December 25 expressed its deep sorrow and dismay over the incident which it condemned in all its ramifications. It is noteworthy that Mr. Farouk Abdulmutallab, though Nigerian-born, has been educated and bred outside Nigeria and only transited through Nigeria for less than 30 minutes on the fateful day where he underwent regular airport security." Mrs Akunyili, in response to a question, said the government has ordered for eight body scanners for the nation’s airports. The scanners are expected to arrive in the country in the next two weeks.
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