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Nigeria Will Not Abandon Farouk Abdulmutallab, Says Minister by SHABZ: 7:40am On Oct 13, 2011 |
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – Nigeria will not abandon accused “underwear bomber” Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab even when he is in prison, the country’s foreign minister said Wednesday. Foreign Minister Olubenga Ashiru told reporters that he believes Abdulmutallab “has gone through a fair trial” in Detroit. The Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab pleaded guilty Wednesday to trying to blow up a US-bound airliner on December 25, 2009, saying he had sought to avenge the killing of Muslims. He had previously pleaded not guilty. Ashiru said the Nigerian embassy in Washington had found a lawyer for Abdulmutallab and had monitored the proceedings. “We stand by our nationals, and when even they are jailed we still will visit them in prison,” the minister said. “We do not abandon them solely because they have been sentenced. We continue to offer all consular assistance to all people, including Abdulmuttalab whenever he is sentenced,” Ashiru said. Abdulmutallab is expected to spend the rest of his life in prison. Many of the counts to which he pleaded guilty carry mandatory minimum sentences of 30 years without parole, which must be served consecutively. |
Re: Nigeria Will Not Abandon Farouk Abdulmutallab, Says Minister by koolJ1(f): 9:03am On Oct 13, 2011 |
Dis boy disowned his father n by implication,disowned his fatherland and yet,here we are cuddling him! He is guilty of a heinous crime yet 'we wont 4get him,we'l visit him'. There are thousand other nigerians who are suffering ill-fate abroad but because they didnt try to bomb a plane,we'l ignore n 4get them,no1 cares about them. They rot away in far-off places. This special treatment promised mutallab will if any,serve as an incentive for his fellow nigerian fundamentalists,but definitely not a deterrent! Its so sick the way we celebrate crime,corruption,immorality. First,yusuf ustaz's family was visited; then we want to legalise prostitution; and now,we'l stand behind a failed suicide bomber. <going down on my knees to pray for a political messiah!> |
Re: Nigeria Will Not Abandon Farouk Abdulmutallab, Says Minister by r231(m): 10:19am On Oct 13, 2011 |
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