Abdul Mudallad ( Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab) Wiki & Photos

abdul-mudallad-umar-farouk-abdulmutallab-wiki-photosUmar Farouk Abdulmutallab is a Nigerian man who allegedly tried to detonate an explosive or incendiary device on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on December 25, 2009.

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was born in Lagos. He is the son of former First Bank PLC chairman Alhaji Umaru Mutallab. The family comes from the town of Katsina. Abdulmutallab attended the British School of Lomé, in Lomé, the capital of Togo. He was described as a ‘dream student’ by his history teacher Michael Rimmer.

Terrorist Attack Foiled Aboard Delta Flight 253

The school is popular with wealthy Nigerians, where he obtained his International Baccalaureate, then proceeded to University College London, where he was enrolled in the department of mechanical engineering from September 2005 to June 2008. While in London, he reportedly lived in a ₤4 million apartment in Mansfield Street, in the city’s West End. Abdulmutallab’s father had allegedly reported his son to Nigerian and American authorities, regarding his son’s increasingly extremist views.

Passenger: Terror suspect seemed ’stunned’

The family told BBC that they had not heard from him since October 2009 and would co-operate fully with any investigation. The Telegraph interviewed Mike Rimmer, his high school teacher, who reported that he had defended the Taliban during classroom discussions of their social policies, and their destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan. Rimmer described his family as “wonderful”, said he had been fond of Abdulmutallab, thought he had been playing “devil’s advocate”, thought he had really understood Abdulmutallab, but concluded he hadn’t, after all.

26 December 2009
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  • Abdullahi Mohd
    faruk is a very nice and gentle fellow who is very religious. It is so sad that he is been taking advantage of and extremely misguided to such a level by religious extremist. may Allah forgive him and guide him in the right path.
  • Senatorgim
    This is pathetic though but is insufficient to truly describe the Nigerian People. We abhor this act. We are sorry for this ugly, image-denting incidence. In my opinion,this is not really an attack from Nigeria but a continuation of the unfinished fight of the Islamic countries against USA! Islam is everywhere! Lets remember that the pathetic 9/11 event was planned right on the US soil. This does not remove the participation of the American Residents (including US citizens) in the execution of the attack. However, we plead that Nigerians in the US should be treated with love even as the US government needs to scrutinize them.
    Above ALL We love America.
  • Nike osinibi
    it is quite obvious that Farouk was lonely, his father is old enough to be his grandfather and he had little family interactions because he spent must of his time in boarding school. Cultists and extremities take advantage of such people. I thank God that his terror attempt failed but I feel so sad that a young's man life has ended before it began ( the future for Farouk is very bleak). He must have been recruited through the internet. This is a big lesson for parents, total education of children (including religious) should not be left to strangers.
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