Hi all, what is your view on the invitation to Alhaji Mutallab, father of the suicide bomber to appear before the US Senate on the 19th of January? Should he go or should he ignore their invitation? I would have thought that this process would have been conducted before the listing of Nigeria as a suspect nation for terrorist activities?
Shouldn't he request or demand a reversal of this listing which is punishing Nigeria for his son's crime, a measure which is against the international principle of individual responsibility in acts committed by an individual and not a sovereign nation like Nigeria, before he honours any invitation?

Does the US Senate have the right or audacity to summon a citizen of another nation without routing such request through the government of that country? In this case if the approval of the Nigerian authorities was sought, should our government not extract a reversal of the listing before giving their consent to Alhaji to proceed to the USA.
What should be Alhaji's comportment before the US Senate if he attends: plead for his son or conduct himself with dignity and poise even in this trying time for him and his family?