Police Arrest Suspected Terrorist At Abuja Airport
•Probe Al-Jazeera Report On Extra-judicial Killings
By Maxwell Oditta and Abel Orukpe, Lagos


Barely two months after Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a 23-year-old Nigerian was arrested by U.S. authorities for attempting to blow up a Northwest Airlines Flight 253 flying from Amsterdam, Netherlands to Detroit, Michigan, with 289 passengers on December 25, 2009, the Police at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, has arrested a 36-year-old suspected terrorist Ahmed Ibrahim Muhammad from Eritrea.
A highly dependable source in the Abuja airport told our correspondent that the suspect had been on the watch list of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for years.

Muhammad, the source added, is based in Sweden and also carries a Swedish international passport.
The 36-year-old suspect, Saturday Independent gathered, was to travel from Abuja airport on Thursday aboard the controversial KLM airlines to Amsterdam, in the Netherlands before he was arrested.

Investigation by our correspondent further showed that when the police in Abuja airport got wind that Muhammad will board a KLM airline to Amsterdam, the airport police immediately mobilised and positioned detectives in and around the airport to track the suspected terrorist down before he committed any havoc.
Muhammad, the source, said was arrested immediately and that because of his dangerous nature, he was escorted to the police headquarters in Abuja by heavily armed policemen to forestall any attempt to escape.

Meanwhile, police authorities say they are investigating the claim by Al-Jazeera, a cable news network based in Doha, Qatar, that unnamed security agents in Nigeria were involved in extrajudicial killings against members of the extreme Islamist group known as Boko Haram, which unleashed mayhem in Bauchi, Borno, and Kano states last July, resulting in the death of 700 people.

According to the Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, Femi Ajayi, a chief superintendent of police, the authorities are worried at the likely negative effect of the footage on the image of both the police and the country.

“We are deeply concerned that the broadcast came at a time the Force Headquarters has set up a human rights unit to ensure that all policemen and women observe the dignity of the human person and basic human rights as an article of faith.

“Even though the Boko Haram crisis erupted a few hours after Ogbonna Onovo was appointed the acting inspector general of police, he still directed all officers involved in quelling the ferocious Boko Haram uprising against the government and people of Nigeria to protect the wives, children and other weak members of the fanatical sect, as well as male fighters caught in action.


http://independentngonline.com/DailyIndependent/Article.aspx?id=9414

What is wrong with terrorists and Nigeria? What is their problem?

Our problems are now much larger than we imagined. Looks that 2010 is gona spell doom 4 nigeria

This is bad. not again.

thank God , we no dey fbi watch list. Beaf should be on FBI watchlist and ameka aloy, they are terriost on nairaland. joking.

THE AMAKA:

OMG!!! KLM?!?!?! NOT MY FAVORITE AIRLINE.
he better not try it!
seriously what is wrong with these people? i'm now terrified of air travel because you have lunatics all over the place!!! Eritrean arse better get the f*** outta the coutry.

Me love ya signature wellishly.

henry101:

Me love ya signature wellishly.

becomricch:

This is bad. not again.

thank God , we no dey fbi watch list. Beaf should be on FBI watchlist and ameka aloy, they are terriost on nairaland. joking.

THE AMAKA:

OMG!!! KLM?!?!?! NOT MY FAVORITE AIRLINE.
he better not try it! 
seriously what is wrong with these people? i'm now terrified of air travel because you have lunatics all over the place!!! Eritrean arse better get the f*** outta the coutry.

How cheap are those legs, that they give way even without being asked to? . Joking!

Are there more than one version of the Holy Koran? Can't understand why some read it and are peaceful while others read it and go gaga.

I think the question we should be asking ourselves is 'If this guy is truely a terrorist, what was his mission on the plane? And if he was by any chance planning to blow up the plane, have the police recovered any materials he was planning to use from him?'

^^ Good one.

this country seem to have become a safe haven to terrorists with our porous borders and airports addong to the problem.nigeria immigration should rise to its responsibilties and rid this country of foreign terroists

Nigerian leaders are terrorist,they have been for a long time and yet people are surprise that at this global interactions of like minds and easy movements of people,arms and ammunitions,all sorts of terrorist are emerging in nigeria,just like the terrorists that terrorized benin-ore motor way recently in the name of robbery.

Nigeria is more or less in a state of war and any country at war is bound to to be lawless.All atrocities happening in nigeria have roots in hopeless and criminal syndicates leadership.

Nigeria is like a sheep without shepherd and it has been for decades.

If truly this Eriterean is a terrorist:

How did he enter Nigeria?

Where was he coming from?

Who are his associates in Nigeria?

Did he possess any explosive device or contraband?

naijaaaa, where are heading to in this country , we have prayed and prayed, now its time for action. Our leaders are the cause of the nation's troubles now.

redsun:

Nigerian leaders are terrorist,they have been for a long time and yet people are surprise that at this global interactions of like minds and easy movements of people,arms and ammunitions,all sorts of terrorist are emerging in nigeria,just like the terrorists that terrorized benin-ore motor way recently in the name of robbery.

Nigeria is more or less in a state of war and any country at war is bound to to be lawless.All atrocities happening in nigeria have roots in hopeless and criminal syndicates leadership.

Nigeria is like a sheep without shepherd and it has been for decades.

Bleep naija!

yeah that's a nice one @AMAKA never thought of it though

shotuns:

naijaaaa, where are heading to in this country , we have prayed and prayed, now its time for action. Our leaders are the cause of the nation's troubles now.

When will Baba God deal with these people? Their own is too much!.

THE AMAKA!!!!!! those legs go open for me

whats all the noise about, terrorist are arrested almost every week. so whats the shouting?

Gbomo and tom ateke you hear me? Ready the portharcourt battalion

Tompolo oya ready the warri batallion

Uwazurike ready the abia and imo batallion

Ojukwu sorry am taking over the anambra batallion, we ready

Sheeeeesh, i'm outta here before i receive some bullets on my head :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/

becomricch:

This is bad. not again.

thank God , we no dey fbi watch list. Beaf should be on FBI watchlist and ameka aloy, they are terriost on nairaland. joking.

When will someone help Nigeria by deporting becomerich to Benin Republic?
. . .All they need do is print "Edo, Delta and Bayelsa" on his bags.

@topic
This is a good sign that Nigeria is indeed improving in their terror detection methods. This should give some traction in removing Nigeria from the US list of concerned countries.

THE AMAKA:

HELL NO.

Me nko. hope ya wont refuse me. (joking)

igbo boy:

Gbomo and tom ateke you hear me? Ready the portharcourt battalion

Tompolo oya ready the warri batallion

Uwazurike ready the abia and imo batallion

Ojukwu sorry am taking over the anambra batallion, we ready

Am taking over the western and eastern naval command.
Becomerich will take over the mapping command.

Beaf:

When will someone help Nigeria by deporting becomerich to Benin Republic?
. . .All they need do is print "Edo, Delta and Bayelsa" on his bags.

@topic
This is a good sign that Nigeria is indeed improving in their terror detection methods. This should give some traction in removing Nigeria from the US list of concerned countries.

R u serious withdat statement?

henry101:

. . .
R u serious withdat statement?

Mutallab got through easy with his d!ck bomb, didn't he? So catching a terrorist before he boarded is a plus for us.

Beaf:

Mutallab got through easy with his manliness bomb, didn't he? So catching a terrorist before he boarded is a plus for us.

Well said, but in Nigeria, something will happen first, before we learn lessons. Even with the lessons, with time, we will return to status quo.

What is the evidence that this man is a terrorist, afterall farouk was found with evidence, so there has to be an evidence.

ud4u:

What is the evidence that this man is a terrorist, afterall farouk was found with evidence, so there has to be an evidence.

I guess their evidence is that, his name is on the wanted FBI terrorist list. I do not see him as a threat, anyway.

ok