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Security officials in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia have arrested and detained two Nigerians identified as Luqman Abdul Salam and Abdul Alhi BolajokoUthman , suspected to be terrorists.
They were arrested yesterday with 12 other nationals allegedly linked with bomb suspect, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab who was held on 25 December, 2009 in America as he attempted to bomb an American airliner.
According to a report from Malaysia, the suspects were among people who were picked up from different locations in the country. They were held under the recent Internal Security Act, the Home Ministry said in a statement yesterday.
Other suspected terrorists detained along the two Nigerians include: Azzahari Murad (Malaysia), Aiman Al Dakkak (Syria); Mohammed Hozifa (Syria); Kutiba al-Issa (Syria); Khalid Salem (Yemen); Hassan Barudi (Syria) and Hussan Khalid (Jordan).
The identities of three other suspects could not be determined yet while two others were detained earlier.
However, in a contradictory move, the chairman of Gerakan Isa (GMI), an arm of the country’s security outfit, Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh said the detainees were part of the 14 suspects picked up in an operation in Sungai Cincin, Gombak near Kuala Lumpur.
He said they were picked up on 21 January having overstayed in the country since 2003.
“So they are not foreigners who have just arrived here,” he said, disputing Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammndian Hussein’s statement that those detained had just come to Malaysia and were part of an international terror ring.
From all indications, it may be that the Nigerians are being falsely accused as terrorists on account of what Abdulmutallab did. It could also be that the fate that has befallen them may not be unconnected with the statement made by Abdulmutallab that several Nigerians are undergoing training as terrorists in some countries.
On Christmas day, a 23-year old Nigerian graduate of Engineering at London University College, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was arrested in Detroit by the US Security agents when he attempted to bomb an American airliner with 290 passengers on board.
Abdulmutallab, son of the former Chairman of First Bank of Nigeria, Alhaji Umar Mutallab, allegedly confessed to the US Security agents that he got the powdery substance from Al Qaeda group in Yemen, a group noted for Islamic extremism.
The US government later added Nigeria to the list of terror nations with a claim that Abdulmutallab passed through the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos but the powdery substance was not detected.
Since then, Nigerians travelling to the US and other overseas countries have been subjected to full body checks as most Nigerians are being labelled as terror suspects.
They were arrested yesterday with 12 other nationals allegedly linked with bomb suspect, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab who was held on 25 December, 2009 in America as he attempted to bomb an American airliner.
According to a report from Malaysia, the suspects were among people who were picked up from different locations in the country. They were held under the recent Internal Security Act, the Home Ministry said in a statement yesterday.
Other suspected terrorists detained along the two Nigerians include: Azzahari Murad (Malaysia), Aiman Al Dakkak (Syria); Mohammed Hozifa (Syria); Kutiba al-Issa (Syria); Khalid Salem (Yemen); Hassan Barudi (Syria) and Hussan Khalid (Jordan).
The identities of three other suspects could not be determined yet while two others were detained earlier.
However, in a contradictory move, the chairman of Gerakan Isa (GMI), an arm of the country’s security outfit, Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh said the detainees were part of the 14 suspects picked up in an operation in Sungai Cincin, Gombak near Kuala Lumpur.
He said they were picked up on 21 January having overstayed in the country since 2003.
“So they are not foreigners who have just arrived here,” he said, disputing Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammndian Hussein’s statement that those detained had just come to Malaysia and were part of an international terror ring.
From all indications, it may be that the Nigerians are being falsely accused as terrorists on account of what Abdulmutallab did. It could also be that the fate that has befallen them may not be unconnected with the statement made by Abdulmutallab that several Nigerians are undergoing training as terrorists in some countries.
On Christmas day, a 23-year old Nigerian graduate of Engineering at London University College, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was arrested in Detroit by the US Security agents when he attempted to bomb an American airliner with 290 passengers on board.
Abdulmutallab, son of the former Chairman of First Bank of Nigeria, Alhaji Umar Mutallab, allegedly confessed to the US Security agents that he got the powdery substance from Al Qaeda group in Yemen, a group noted for Islamic extremism.
The US government later added Nigeria to the list of terror nations with a claim that Abdulmutallab passed through the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos but the powdery substance was not detected.
Since then, Nigerians travelling to the US and other overseas countries have been subjected to full body checks as most Nigerians are being labelled as terror suspects.
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