first images of the guy from the plane. can't make out his face but he doesn't look like the picture posted.

Goodluck Jonathan has responded.

He has initiated full investigation and will work closely with the Americans

presido1:

Full Investigation Ordered by VP. According to Reuters news agency.
So somebody is in charge at last.

What investigation does Nigeria want to carry out. That the son of a wealthy Nigerian is caught with banga what he would have purchased from a shop in lagos (christman season) together with a cigarette lighter boarded a klm plane.

what more does Nigeria want to do  

Lagosboy:

Buddie I know you are definately smarter than this and also intelligent. What has islamic bank got to do with terrorism? I know you are obsessed with anyhting islam but common an islamic bank.

- Yes you are correct it has nothing to do with Terrorism . . .

- I never said it had anything to do with Terrorism hence I do not know why and what you are responding to . . . notice what I said and I am quoting below:

No2Atheism: Yes its valid to question the intentions of the Father by his connection to the so called "Islamic Bank". . .

- Nevertheless the Fathers involvment with "Islamic Banking" shows that the Father is associated with a group of people who intend to practise Islamic financial values . . .hence which gives an insight into the mindset of the Father as regards Islam and the interaction of Islam with the general society.

You live in UK and you know the islamic bank of Britain, HSBC shariah banking, Lyods and others they have to be investigated for terrorism according to you assertions.

Common buddie dont go this low

I must confess that I actually like the financial idea of Islamic banking  , however I do not like the Islamic motives behind Islamic banking . . . because I know that most things about Islam is geared towards either violent or non-violent Islamisation. Hence as far as I am concerned, I consider "Islamic Banking" to be a Trojan Horse . . .

This guy has just diligently destroyed any future prospect of giving any Nigerian  US VISA  

The Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered an investigation into the said attack.

The Nigeria VP has ordered a full investigation into the motive and identity of the said could have been bomber, Mutallab!

, famous line, Nigeria would cooperate fully with the US government on the investigations,

First reactions from the government since yesterday! how fast for a government,

Buddie I know you are definately smarter than this and also intelligent. What has islamic bank got to do with terrorism? I know you are obsessed with anyhting islam but common an islamic bank.

hello covertly funding terrorist attacks

The man is a nigerian engineering student from University college london and- wait for this- SON OF DR UMAR ABDUL MUTALLAB RETIRED CHAIRMAN OF FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA PLC. Case closed

http://www.saharareporters.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4631:northwest-flight-253-leg-bomber-is-son-of-drumaru-abdul-muttalab-former-first-bank-chairman-from-yaraduas-home-state-katsina&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=18

Add that to the fact that Dr Umar Abdul Mutallab is CBN Governor Lamido Sanusi's best friend.  Mutallab appointed Sanusi as CEO of First Bank. They also worked together in UBA.

shesi:

first images of the guy from the plane. can't make out his face but he doesn't look like the picture posted.

Exactly the point i raised. I think sahara reporters will need a big apology if the picture is indeed wrong. i will personally sue SR if it was my picture that was wrongly placed on the site.

SEFAGO:

Na  your family that is a terrorist.

omoibo, instead of your lazy tribes man who is our misnister foreign affairs to wake up from his ngozi wife and start rectifying our reputation fast, he is still enjoying the billions he is stealing from nigeria and eating christmas chicken.

Trust Ojo maduekwe naah!! . . .You think say Igbo politicians they carry last
Una presido dey enjoy for Saudi Arabia and you people want Ojo maduekwe the gangster to dabble into this international shame brought upon Nigeria by moslem terrorist . . . . .May be Rilwan Lukman should come back from Viena and defend the terrorist act.

Most al-qaeda terrorist dont get break on time.Why is this one spilling if i may ask?

skyone:

This guy has just diligently destroyed any future prospect of giving any Nigerian  US VISA  

Sure is fateful.

Got to give this a break, catch you guys later.

With regards the arguments by Lagosboy on pressure required to cause an explosion, you cannot make any definitive comments on that.

What we are told is that the plane was 'preparing to land' - it could mean the pilot was making the final approach to the airport and still be thousands of feet in the air - so there would be sufficient differential pressure between the inside of the plane and the external atmosphere to rupture the fuselage and cause a break up of the craft in the air.

I don't buy the 'maximum casualty' story - a terrorist attack causes FEAR more than anything else, even if there are a few casualties.

This is a terrorist attempt, no doubt about it. No one screams about Afghanistan on a plane, sets of an explosion and all that without having terrorist intentions.

ISLAM POWER   -------  POWERLESS POWER
MOHAMMED POWER----POWERLESS POWER
ISLAMIC TERRORIST POWER---POWERLESS POWER
OSAMA BIN LADEN POWER----POWERLESS POWER
TALIBAN POWER   -------POWERLESS POWER
HEZBOLLAH POWER-----POWERLESS POWER
BOKO HAREM POWER---POWERLESS POWER
ALL MOSLEMS POWER---POWERLESS POWER
ISLAM SATAN POWER--POWERLESS POWER
TERRORIST 'lagos boy' POWER--POWERLESS POWER
TERRORIST 'SEFAGO' POWER---POWERLESS POWER
AL-QAEDA POWER------POWERLESS POWER
FULANI ISLAMIC TERRORIST POWER--POWERLESS POWER
HAUSA ISLAMIC TERRORIST POWER---POWERLESS POWER
YORUBA ISLAMIC TERRORIST POWER--POWERLESS POWER
(DEATH  TO  ISLAM, DOWN  TO MOHAMMED)

~Bluetooth:

Most al-qaeda terrorist dont get break on time.Why is this one spilling if i may ask?

Because he his not AQ terrorist. Its probably a joke gone too far  

PapaBrowne:

The man is a nigerian engineering student from University college london and- wait for this- SON OF DR UMAR ABDUL MUTALLAB RETIRED CHAIRMAN OF FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA PLC. Case closed

http://www.saharareporters.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4631:northwest-flight-253-leg-bomber-is-son-of-drumaru-abdul-muttalab-former-first-bank-chairman-from-yaraduas-home-state-katsina&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=18

Add that to the fact that Dr Umar Abdul Mutallab is CBN Governor Lamido Sanusi's best friend.  Mutallab appointed Sanusi as CEO of First Bank. They also worked together in UBA.

Now its becoming convincingly clearer,

Is anyone thinking wat Am thinking?

PLEASE GUYS HE IS A NIGERIAN I AM IN EUROPE MONITORING THIS.

READ THIS FROM US SECURITY ;


The sources told CNN that the suspect flew into Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam on a KLM flight from Lagos, Nigeria, and is not believed to be on any "no fly" list, although his name does appear in a U.S. database of people with suspect connections. He did not undergo secondary security screening in Amsterdam, an administration official said.
The administration official said there was no evidence that Abdulmutallab was a hard-core, trained member of al Qaeda.
Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian national, claimed to have extremist ties and said the explosive device "was acquired in Yemen along with instructions as to when it should be used," a federal security bulletin obtained by CNN said.

GOD HELP NIGERIAN TRAVELLER

Not really!

am watching cnn right now in philly,they say the guy would have to have been checked and frisked in amsterdam b4 heading to the U.S

so something here is not quite right. . .

if he was on no fly list as reported and also was being monitored by the authorities,how come he is able to evade security in 2 different airports?

skyone:

This guy has just diligently destroyed any future prospect of giving any Nigerian  US VISA  

This would be true if all Americans are ignorant folks who will assume that the actions of one man is indicative of the typical behaviour of150 million  individuals. We should put things in perspective !!! This , to the best of my knowledge, is the first Nigerian , out of 150 million, caught trying to carry out a terrorist act since 911 !!! How about nations that produce numerous terrorists and extremists regularly? Should those nations be wiped off the face of the Earth working with the assumption that all citizens of such nations are terrorists and extremists ?

WilyWily nam e u dey yab, look at your brothers at work, at least those have given nigeria a bad name b4 anyone even try am

http://www.managersrealm.com/2008/06/nigerian_bonga_oil_field_shut.html

Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta" (MEND), which, like other terrorist groups, want it to be known "t

@paddy, my thots exactly, how did he scale through amsterdams check points, cos he was using 2 different airlines

debosky:

With regards the arguments by Lagosboy on pressure required to cause an explosion, you cannot make any definitive comments on that.

What we are told is that the plane was 'preparing to land' - it could mean the pilot was making the final approach to the airport and still be thousands of feet in the air - so there would be sufficient differential pressure between the inside of the plane and the external atmosphere to rupture the fuselage and cause a break up of the craft in the air.

I don't buy the 'maximum casualty' story - a terrorist attack causes FEAR more than anything else, even if there are a few casualties.

This is a terrorist attempt, no doubt about it. No one screams about Afghanistan on a plane, sets of an explosion and all that without having terrorist intentions.

you have a point , but 15 mins from landing means you are on US soil and most probably cannot be thousands of feet above ground.

AQ terrosim is not about scare like IRA or ETA , theirs is maximum casualities , what have they to gain from fear.

Your last comment about aghanistan i read as well, but it is absolute ridiculous as how can he be screaming Afghanistan is just not coherent. Eye witnesses are not the most reliable in terrosit cases as they say lot of crap they did not even hear. I remember the Demenzes case in London, some eye witness said they saw him running , others said he carried a ruksack, some said he wore a thick overcoat in the summer which were all later found to be false. Him chanting afghanistan makes no sense and just a spin in my opinion

I think its high time muslims learn to condemn terrorism. Why is there an argument on this thread at all??
Why are the muslims on the thread finding it sooo hard to condemn what is an obvious attempt at terrorism??
I used to respect muslims until I came to Nairaland and met this very despicable attitude!

MORE NEWS

[size=13pt]The suspect boarded in Nigeria and went through Amsterdam en route to Detroit, Rep. Peter King, the ranking GOP member of the House Homeland Security Committee, told CNN. A spokeswoman for police at the Schiphol airport in Amsterdam declined comment about the case or about security procedures at the airport for Flight 253.[/size]

Schiphol airport, one of Europe's busiest with a heavy load of transit passengers from Africa and Asia to North America.

this serious!!!! considering obama is black and of african descent, the republicans are going to have a field day with this. This dude has single handedly messed up Nigeria. abi, we dey vex because obama went to Ghana and ignored Nigeria, now we want to blow up their planes.

the consequences for this single act will be severe on Nigerians trying to go anywhere in europe or america now. Its bad enough we are labelled as fraudsters, now we've added terrorism to our resume. (DORA I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW YOU PUT A SPIN ON THIS MESS NOW).

you guys are just a bucnh of idiots

So what if he is a Nigerian? Means all Nigerians are bombers and al Qaeada? Do you think America thinks like you all? someone even wants Dora to intervene?

I honestly now know that you guys are jobless idiots, talking rubbish talk as usual.

Look at the upside guys. Next time you're bashing a hausa muslim person they can't use the ibo drug dealer or yoruba yahoo boy disgracing Nigeria line on you again.

@papbrowne

Get real what has Sanusi got to do with this for goodness sake and who on earth will believe his father will know any shit about this. This is obviously going to be an embarrassment to them

Look at the upside guys. Next time you're bashing a hausa muslim person they can't use the ibo drug dealer or yoruba yahoo boy disgracing Nigeria line on you again.

yep nau the hausa terrorist- we should all shoot urselves, we have aall brought shame to our country

MORE NEWS DEFENCE BY NIGERIA AIRPORT AUTHORITY ;

[size=13pt]A spokesman for the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Akin Olukunle, said all passengers and their luggage are screened before boarding international flights. He also said the airport in Lagos cleared a U.S. Transportation Security Administration audit in November.

"We had a pass mark," Olukunle said. "We actually are up to standards in all senses."[/size]