Date Published: 01/15/10

Terrorist Nation: UK, USA & not Nigeria

Now that the Yemen authority through her Minister for Defense and Security, Rashad al-Alimi has confirmed that Farouk Abdulmutallab joined al-Queda in United Kingdom, what are the right positions for Nigeria and United Kingdom in the terrorist list?

We are all aware of the altercation between USA and UK bothering on sufficient and insufficient information between both sides, on Farouk. Whose fault? Moreover Farouk went through the tutorials of an American of Yemen native origin, Anwar al-Awlaki. USA and UK that are claiming to be Police and Deputy-Police of the world should search their consciences and reverse themselves before the whole world would declare their list of terrorist countries null and void.  

We all know that suicide bombing is alien to Nigeria and this we have said in clear terms to the whole world. Moreover, when the father of 35 children, including the alleged Farouk, volunteered information to the world Police countries and even Nigerian authorities that his son’s behavior was becoming suspicious, what did they do with such revelation?

I rather see USA and UK as terrorist countries and Nigeria’s name should waste no time in being removed from such terrifying list. Nevertheless, Chief Ojo Maduekwe who was among the government officials that shouted wolf when the issue of the Nigeria being in the list has backed down to say that Nigeria was in fact only listed among countries with USA interest to watch. Whatever his new conjecture means should be made clear to the public, only by him.

Chief Barnabas Osuanlele

189 Ikpoba Road

Benin City, Edo State.