Michael Olumide
Adebolajo was born in Lambeth in December
1984 to a Christian
family, grew up in
Romford, travelled to
school on the bus,
played football and had
lots of friends, Guardian
sources report, revealing more about
one of the two suspects who killed a
British soldier on John
Wilson street in an
unprovoked attack.
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His friends from Marshalls Park School
where he attended are
finding it difficult to
believe the ordinary
British schoolboy they
once knew is the same
man seen carrying
bloodied knives and
justifying hacking a
soldier to death in broad
daylight on Wednesday.
“We left year 2001,”
one said. “And he was
always a good guy at
school, do anything for
anyone.”
Former neighbours of
the family remembered
the Adebolajos as friendly. One unidentified neighbour in
particular remembered
them as “very pleasant, a very ordinary normal family”.
They were churchgoers
and attended services
at the local church in
Romford, Essex.
Not every neighbour had fond memories of the family. Graham
Silverton, 63, who lived
two doors down from
the Adebolajo family,
described the experience as unpleasant. He described Michael Adebolajo’s father as
being “aggressive and
short tempered”.
Silverton also recalled
the neighbours living
between him and the
Adebolajos had a terrible experience with
Michael. He said once
the neighbour’s teenage daughter had gone to the Adebolajos to retrieve a ball she
kicked into their garden,
but was insulted and
punched by Michael. The
incident was never
reported to police.
Silverton says he was
“very pleased” when
the Adebolajos moved
out of the neighbourhood in 2004.
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Police on Thursday are
reportedly investigating
the family home in
Saxilby and Adebolajo’s
sister’s home in
Romford.
Friends at his school did
not know of his conversion to Islam in
2003 or what triggered
the radical switch in
religious beliefs.
Michael changed his
name to Mujahid, which
means “one who
engages in jihad”, and
started attending meetings of Al Muhajiroun, an Islamist
group that was banned
after the 7/7 attacks in
London.
But former leader of
the group, Anjem
Choudary, who confirmed knowing the
suspect, denied that he
was radicalised by the
group. He said Michael
stopped attending
meetings two years
ago and cannot account
for what kind of teachings he was exposed to, but he adds that he would neither “condemn nor condone” the action of the 28-year-old.
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Guardian UK reports
that both Adebolajo and his accomplice, a
Nigerian who naturalised in Britain,
have featured in
counter-terrorism
investigations over the
past eight years.
It is not clear how both
men met. Adebolajo
was reportedly seen in
Woolwich handing out
Islamist literature in
High Street, the report
said.

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Michael Adebolajo’s
father has been identified to be Anthony Adebolajo, a trained nurse who works in a managerial capacity with the NHS, is said to be the father of Michael Adebolajo.
Anthony Adebolajo
reportedly bought his
London home in 2002.
He is believed to have
four children but
according to neighbours,
none of the children
have lived in the house
for an appreciable
period.
The Sun, UK reports
that online Muslim
sources first identified
the Woolwich terrorist
in the video as a British
citizen of Nigerian
background who was
converted to “a radical
form of Islam.”
His south east London
accent suggests he is
British-born.
Digital Journal reporter
confirmed the name
“Adebolajo” to be of
Yoruba SouthWestern
Nigerian origin. His first
name “Michael”
confirms he is of
Christian family origin,
very likely educated
middle class evangelical.
“US-style Christian
evangelical groups are
immensely popular
among the educated
middle class in South-
Western Nigeria,” Digital
Journal said.
However, reports said
“it is believed that the
Woolwich terrorists
have no links to
Islamist terror groups
such as Boko Haram.”
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He’s not a Nigerian,
he was born, bred in
London, Nigerians in
United Kingdom
react
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Nigerians in the United
Kingdom have kicked
against the British
authorities refering to
Michael Adebolajo as a
British-born of Nigerian
descent.
A Nigerian, who reacted
via a phone text message to Nigerian
Tribune, wrote: “Is
Barack Obama a Kenyan
or an American?
“Please, let us do all we
can to drop this tag. He
(Adebolajo) is British, he
is not one of us.”
Also, quoting reports
from Nairaland, the
online news medium
wrote: “Information
reaching us says that
(one of the Woolwich,
London killers) has been
identified as Michael
Adebolajo.
“While we are not
denying the fact that
he has ties with Nigeria,
we believe it is
important to understand the role
that media sometimes
play when it comes to
spreading propaganda.
“Last summer, a
gentleman (Anthony
Joshua) won Olympic
gold for the United
Kingdom. He was well
celebrated and it took a
lot of us quite sometime to know that Anthony was a English-born of Nigerian
descent. Even his
Wikipedia biography
describes him as “an
English Amateur Boxer.
Also, Philips Idowu, a
Nigerian, won Silver for
UK at the last Olympics,
likewise Christine
Ohuruogu and others
won Gold medal for UK,
they were not referred
to then as Nigerians.
“We are not denying
that the Woolwich killer
does not have ties to
our beloved country but
it is important to know
that: He is Black. His
parents are Nigerian but
was raised in the UK.
“He was not born a
Muslim. He may have
siblings who are not
Muslims. He changed his
religion in the UK. His
conversion was in the
UK. He probably has a
British passport as well.
“Trying to blame the
actions of a few on an
entire race, country or
religion is not only
petty, it is hypocritical
and unethical. Stop
demonising people,
races or religion there
are only good people
and bad ones.”

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