At age 23, Farouk fondly referred to as the “underwear bomber”, attempted to detonate plastic explosives hidden in his underwear while aboard a Northwest Airlines Flight 253, en route from Amsterdam to Detroit, Michigan, on Christmas Day, 2009.
Mutallab while speaking in an interview on Trust TV, monitored in Kaduna on Wednesday, said he was in touch with his son but under strict prison guidelines.
According to him, his son calls sometimes two or thrice a month, adding that “we cannot phone him but he’s the one who can phone us and we do speak”.
“Sometimes, he calls twice or thrice in a month,” Mutallab added.
As a matter of fact, his mother, brother and sister were with him about two or three weeks ago.
“They visited him under very strict prison guidelines but we will keep on praying to Almighty Allah. Maybe one day in my lifetime, we would see him back. But it is a situation whereby he has 3 life sentences, plus 40 years. It is a lot.”
But only Almighty Allah will bring us into a situation of seeing him in this world with his siblings here in Nigeria,” he added.
from Punch.
Thank God say na U.S...if na naija now...una for use money sweep am comot...u won't see him again,in this life time or next....
ReplyDeleteEven with evidence they will say they don't have enough to convict
DeleteThank God it happened in a an actual country with a working system my dear.
DeleteI don’t even think this is worth leaving a comment on it.., because if the boy had succeeded, the father would never have heard his voice or seen him again anyway. Also the boy would have taken so many people with him. So baba whilst I understand your sentiments, please just be happy and content they are even allowing you to talk to him at all
DeleteQuite true Anon
DeleteAlso indoctrination tactics targeting young people especially students needs looking at and nipping in the bud especially abroad
Say what you are sure of, his father actually approached the US and Nigerian authorities to warn them about his son's views in November; weeks before the attempt to destroy the flight to Detroit. He never supported his radical views.
DeleteSo funny that I know this guy.
ReplyDeleteAs you lay your bed you shall lie on it.
His case is similar to the story I read when I was still in High school in Nigeria. The novel talks about a certain boy who was overly pampered by his parents. He was later sent to study abroad but he didn't turn out well. I can't remember the title of that novel.
If anyone remembers, Kindly tell me so I can buy them and send to my sis for her kids and herself.
Thanks.
Are you saying your sis is over pampering her kids? If so, do you really need to wait for a book to convey that message to her? What are sisters for..., please speak to her.
DeleteAlso I want to add that parents should be available for their kids. Yes, money is very important but we should learn to set priorities. Of what use will it be to make all these money but your kids ends up as terrorists.
DeleteThis guy was like a hermit then or more like a loner.
God help our parents.
Mother's Choice by Agbo Areo
DeleteThe name of the story book is mother's choice. His father was even a banker in the story.His mother sent him there because other high class women in their neighbourhood were sending their children abroad. Though her husband objected to it initially.
DeleteHe went and was influenced by kamurudeen to do drugs and other vices.
The worse thing anyone can do to their kids is to over pamper them . It should be a crime.
DeleteThank you Anon.11:57 and Chichi. That's exactly the book I'm talking about.
Delete@ Anon 11:37, my comment might have implied that she pampers her kids but it's not exactly the case. I also do talk to her but I think going a bit further will help more. Employing every possible tactics to make children grow better can never be too much.
Imagine if this happened in Nigeria,them for use money and connection cover up d case,thank God for a working system ur son must continue to pay for his crimes.
ReplyDeleteServes him right. I wish all evil doers would get served this way.
ReplyDeleteLet him rot in jail .
What if he succeed in killing innocent lives
See him again?. What if he had succeeded in detonating the bomb. Imagine how many will have lost their lives.
ReplyDeleteYou just wrote my thoughts
DeleteYou dey mind the man
DeleteHe is never coming back to nija. Wicked people
ReplyDeleteObi kara ndia...
DeleteNever ooo
DeleteHe’s serving life without parole.He’s there for the rest of his life
DeleteI remember this boy, I got really mad at the time. Mumu boy.
ReplyDeleteEiyaa. Go and see him . He is not dead. Tomorrow is not given. GO...
ReplyDeleteJust imagine thousands of lives that he would have taken along if he was successful with his evil plot.
ReplyDeleteThousands?
DeleteLol.the flight had over 300 passengers and crew.that’s still a lot but not thousands
DeleteWhile you are right about the number of passengers and crew members... did you think of if the bomb detonated when they were flying over a city? Residential or office complex? The people that would have died of broken heart at losing their loved ones? The profiling of Nigerians that would have followed after that? The damage would have been endless...we are grateful he did not succeed.
DeleteSir,
You will have to go to US to be sure of seeing your son again in this lifetime. All the best.
Thank you anons 14.30 for your response.
DeleteImagine what he is even saying.May your prayer not even get close to the sky.Thank your stars that he even calls at all.Ndi ocha sef
ReplyDeleteHis father reported him to the CIA.
DeleteIt is the dream of every parents to see their child succeed but this happened, you don't expect him to forget his offspring.
If you were in his shoes, you'll pray you see your child someday.
Yes exactly, I remember the father reported him to the authorities, not many parents would do that so I salute his action.
DeleteSo TRUE.
DeleteThe father was so proactive and did well by alerting the authorities.
I salute him too for his prompt action.
He would’ve been arrested if he didn’t report so he only did that to remove himself from any future blame.
Delete13:59 that's a lie, stop saying what you do not know.
Deletehe did his best even a murderer has someone that loves them.as a parent I understand his heart
DeleteUnderwear bomber got me shaa...
ReplyDeleteLest he tries another stunt here in Nigeria... you won’t see him again.
Accept it and move on
Thank God the US have sense, that's my happiness. What happened to that Kabiru Sokoto that killed the Christian faithfuls on Christmas day at Suleja?
ReplyDeleteI remember this story. Thank God it happened 8n the US.
ReplyDeleteI remember this story; it's sad then and it's sad now. May we not be blinded by religion.
ReplyDeleteSee who? you're not seeing that boy in your life time again, except you go visit him in the prison. Thank God it happened in a country where the leader value the lives of its citizens.
ReplyDeleteYou can see him but you have to go and visit him where he is
ReplyDeleteYou won't see that E guy here on this page now. Later he will say he condemns bokoharam and terrorists from the north too.Stella pls post o.
ReplyDeleteUsed, dumped and allowed to suffer alone. He will be full of life time regrets.
ReplyDeleteThe question is has he learnt his lessons? If he comes out is he changed or he will plot something more sinister? He is your son and that cannot change. You can talk on phone as many times as you please but for the sake of the world, let him remain behind bars.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately Sir he is not in a Nigerian prison.
ReplyDelete3 life sentences plus 40 years! They just did not want to sentence him to death
ReplyDeleteI remember when this story was in the news. It strikes me that the young man is mentally ill in some way.
ReplyDeleteThe guy is like 34 now, I wish I can interview him
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