Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab Sent Text Messages from Yemen before the Terror Attack.
Review of the Nigerian Press Coverage of the Terror Attack on US Delta Airlines.
According to the local newspaper “Leadership Nigeria” Umar Mutallab, former chairman of First Bank and father of the alleged terrorist, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, had alerted the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the INTERPOL and the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA) to his son’s weird behavior, especially after he sent a disturbing text message from Yemen. Umar Jr relocated to Yemen by late October this year, had sent a curious text to his parents – according to the report.
It was not Farouk’s first visit to Yemen. The first time he went there, he told his parents he was going for Arabic summer lessons. So when he went this time, the unsuspecting parents thought it was for studies again. To their dismay he sent the text. He told his bewildered parents to renounce him as their son. He told them he has found a new life in Yemen and would have no further contact with his Nigerian family. He asked them to forgive him of any wrongdoing and that he had ceased to be their child. He also said he was no longer coming home. He then admonished his parents never to contact him as he would never reach them again. It was the last contact his family had with him.
After this text message, Mutallab Sr. was advised to alert the security forces as it was not going to be easy to go to another country and get his son back. Then reportedly Mutallab met with the NIA. He also met CIA officials in Nigeria according to local press.
Nigerian newspaper Independent gives a short bio on the terror suspect.
He is believed to have studied engineering at the University College, London and had been noted for his extreme views on religion since his secondary school days at the British International School, Lome, Togo according to the Nigerian source.
At the secondary school, he was known for preaching about Islam to his mates and he was popularly called “Alfa”, a local coinage for Islamic scholar. After his secondary school, the suspect went to University College London to study engineering and later relocated to Egypt, and then Dubai. While in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, he declared to his family members that he did not want to have anything to do with any of them again.
Newspaper cites family sources that Mutallab Sr is married to an Arab of Yemeni-descent (it is not clear if the woman is the suspect’s mother).
According to the Nigerian Independent Muttalab Sr is a regular visitor to the U.S. for medical check-up and holidays.
A statement on Saturday by the Nigerian Minister of Information and Communications says:
“We state very clearly that as a nation, we abhor all forms of terrorism. The Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has directed Nigerian security agencies to commence full investigation of the incident. While steps are being taken to verify the identity of the alleged suspect and his motives, our security agencies will cooperate fully with the American authorities in the on-going investigations.”
Photo of Mutallab appear in the Nigerian newspaper The Gardian as the suspect is called the Man Who Shamed Nigeria
The paper notes that security is very lax at the airports in Nigeria – fact that is aiding drug trafficking through the country.
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According to the local newspaper “Leadership Nigeria” Umar Mutallab, former chairman of First Bank and father of the alleged terrorist, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, had alerted the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the INTERPOL and the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA) to his son’s weird behavior, especially after he sent a disturbing text message from Yemen. Umar Jr relocated to Yemen by late October this year, had sent a curious text to his parents – according to the report.
It was not Farouk’s first visit to Yemen. The first time he went there, he told his parents he was going for Arabic summer lessons. So when he went this time, the unsuspecting parents thought it was for studies again. To their dismay he sent the text. He told his bewildered parents to renounce him as their son. He told them he has found a new life in Yemen and would have no further contact with his Nigerian family. He asked them to forgive him of any wrongdoing and that he had ceased to be their child. He also said he was no longer coming home. He then admonished his parents never to contact him as he would never reach them again. It was the last contact his family had with him.
After this text message, Mutallab Sr. was advised to alert the security forces as it was not going to be easy to go to another country and get his son back. Then reportedly Mutallab met with the NIA. He also met CIA officials in Nigeria according to local press.
Nigerian newspaper Independent gives a short bio on the terror suspect.
He is believed to have studied engineering at the University College, London and had been noted for his extreme views on religion since his secondary school days at the British International School, Lome, Togo according to the Nigerian source.
At the secondary school, he was known for preaching about Islam to his mates and he was popularly called “Alfa”, a local coinage for Islamic scholar. After his secondary school, the suspect went to University College London to study engineering and later relocated to Egypt, and then Dubai. While in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, he declared to his family members that he did not want to have anything to do with any of them again.
Newspaper cites family sources that Mutallab Sr is married to an Arab of Yemeni-descent (it is not clear if the woman is the suspect’s mother).
According to the Nigerian Independent Muttalab Sr is a regular visitor to the U.S. for medical check-up and holidays.
A statement on Saturday by the Nigerian Minister of Information and Communications says:
“We state very clearly that as a nation, we abhor all forms of terrorism. The Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has directed Nigerian security agencies to commence full investigation of the incident. While steps are being taken to verify the identity of the alleged suspect and his motives, our security agencies will cooperate fully with the American authorities in the on-going investigations.”
Photo of Mutallab appear in the Nigerian newspaper The Gardian as the suspect is called the Man Who Shamed Nigeria
The paper notes that security is very lax at the airports in Nigeria – fact that is aiding drug trafficking through the country.
source
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