It is either the father with the family was fully detached from their terrorist-son or they were totally and completely disinterested in all his activities. Remember terrorist Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab had earlier complained bitterly about being lonely in this wide world? Any parent who while still maintaining a close relationship with a 23 year old terrorist-son, sponsoring and providing him with more money than he reasonably needed, and allegedly 'not knowing the where-about of that son' while continuously still making available to him, more funds, is not telling the world the whole truth and all that they really knew about that son. If the son was not reachable, why did the elder Mutallab not close his bank accounts to force him to return home to seek further financial aid, assistance and support directly from him? If his son became so radicalized, at what point did he become aware of it, to have reported it to the authorities in the last six months? It is our conclusion that the elder Mutallab is not telling the whole truth and should be taken in upon arrival in the US for further questioning and interrogation. Whatever questioning he probably went through in Nigeria cannot be detailed enough because of who he is, as deference to him will be uppermost in the minds of his interrogators there in Nigeria, to get at the meat in the bone. But unlike in the United Sates where his status will not necessarily be of an over-riding importance and of much influence, he will likely be more cooperative with his interrogators here. Therefore, Icheoku urges that the senior Alhaji Dr. Umaru Mutallab be arrested for further questioning, upon his forthcoming entering in the United States of America to witness his son's terrorism trial. Only his arrest and interrogation in America, a land that will not be intimidated by his status, will really bring out all that he possibly knows and force him to speak up truthfully and in full about his complicity in his terrorist-son's crime against the people of America. Further the veracity of the Nigerian Information Minister Dora Akunyili that terrorist Umar Farouk Mutallab spent only 27 minutes in Nigeria on transit from Ghana to Amsterdam to Detroit is somewhat suspect in view of known aviation practices and requirements. Now the Nigerian airports authorities have come forward to debunk such a wide-eyed claim by Dora Akunyili as being ridiculous. According to them, "Akunyili's statement shows that she is ignorant of airport procedures, as they would never have permitted anyone arriving on an airline from Accra, Ghana or anywhere else, to board an international bound flight within such short period of his arrival at the airport - 27minutes? Continuing, "under current practice, most passengers traveling outside Nigeria are required to arrive at the airport several hours before departure. A KLM staff also said that their check-in counter usually closes about one hour before departure to enable passenger go through airport checks and screening before boarding." So Icheoku asks, in view of these established facts, how credible then was Dora Akunyili's claim that terrorist Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab spent only 27 minutes at Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos before departing to Detroit via Amsterdam? It is either she is deliberately covering up for another Nigeria's lapse or for the senior Mutallab or something else; but this her tales by the moonlight is not adding up. This is an angle the American authorities should probe further to reconcile this disparity in narrative, and why terrorist Umar Farouk was 'specifically' allowed to board a plane out of Nigeria within just only 27 minutes of his arrival? The convoluted story of terrorist Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab becomes more complicated with the civil aviation authorities in Ghana now denying the claims that Farouk stayed in Ghana before he surfaced in Lagos for that journey of infamy to Detroit through Amsterdam. Therefore, where was this son of a bitch hibernating between December 7th 2009 when he left Yemen through Ethiopia to December 24 when he left Nigeria for United States of America's Detroit via Amsterdam. It can only be with his parents/family or he was holed up in a hotel somewhere with his father's provided funds. Icheoku believes that with proper interrogation of the elder Mutallab that the truth will certainly come out and hence our advocacy that he be arrested upon arrival in the United States for his son's coming terrorism trial. Somebody is not telling the whole truth here, not the Nigerian authorities, not the elder Mutallab and not anyone connected with this saga so far. We have earlier advocated for the firing of the American ambassador to Nigeria for not cancelling the visa of this terrorist upon being alerted by his father of his changed behavior and terrorist tendencies! According to available reports, the Mutallab clan will soon be heading to the United States to be with their terrorist-son, in solidarity, during his trial? Icheoku wonders why they have not since denounced and disowned him for what he did, assuming they are truly innocent and ashamed of what he did? Why would they come to support a terrorist if they are not in denial or believe that their son did not do what he is accused of doing? The only explanation is that they do not really feel that attempting to blow up an American airline over Detroit is a sufficient terrorist act; otherwise why is the associated shame and odium not enough to keep them far away from his trial and in hiding in some remote place in Funtua, Kastina sharia Northern Nigeria? The theory of parent's love for a child does not fly with Icheoku as they allowed their son to grow into the monster he became and could not account for his where-about several months before the terrorist incident. So, what parent's love for a child are we talking about with these Mutallabs shamelessly coming to Detroit to witness their son's trial for his attempted terrorist incident of blowing up a United States airliner? The simple solution, arrest them upon arrival and make them yield whatever information they may be withholding from the authorities. Our position is that if a driver of a terrorist could be arrested for the acts of his master, why not arrest the father of a terrorist for providing financial support for his terrorist son? It is the right thing to do and any other thing short of his arrest and interrogation here in the United States will not favor the war on terrorism. The elder Mutallab is by necessary implication a sponsor of terrorism and should be held to account for his commission or omission with regard to his son's terrorist act of December 25, 2009. It is a widely known fact that sharia Northern Nigeria, the birthplace of the Mutallabs, is a region of Nigeria with phenomenal growth of radical Muslim extremism, terrorism and bloody violence which manifests regularly as religious riots and continuing till this day. If according to the tale being told by the elder Mutallab that the where-about of his son was unknown to him and that "his son hadn't lived in London for some time and that he wasn't sure exactly where he went to after London", Icheoku asks at what point did he know of these facts and what did he do about that? He allegedly reported his son's disappearing act six months prior to his terrorism act, but are there proof of this his reportage; and why didn't the elder Mutallab address a world press conference in addition to solicit everyone to help him wrangle in his now fully grown terrorist-son before the damage of December 25? The recalling question is, after the alleged report he made, what other necessary steps were taken by him to prevent and forestall the haranguing December 25 near miss over Detroit, United States of America. These are some of the issues that need some further clarification and only his arrest and interrogation in America can yield the desired answers; therefore Icheoku says, let Dr. Umaru Mutallab be arrested upon his arrival in the United States of America for interrogation! This piece was written in collaboration with Jules Chuku.
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Christy 'Apena' Essien-Igbokwe , the wife of Jegede Shokoya of the New Masquerade and Nigeria's lady of songs is dead; she was 51years old. Although her family claimed that "brief Illness" killed her like so many Nigerians; Icheoku retorts that it was most likely AKwa Ibom voodoo and remote control that was used to arrest her. It is on record that she had fallen out with the governor of her native Akwa Ibiom State and have been having a relentless war for political turf with the governor? So who knows whether she was sacrificed to Ekpe cult or even Alusi-Okija as an offal; afterall African science is still very much alive and portent. May her soul rest in peace.
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