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Thursday, 13 August 2015

Nigerian gets 22 years in U.S. prison for helping al Qaeda affiliate

A 35 year old Nigerian man, Lawal Babafemi was sentenced to 22 years in prison by a US court in Brooklyn yesterday August 12th for receiving weapons training from al Qaeda's Yemeni affiliate and writing rap lyrics, among other contributions, for the group's English-language media operations.

Lawal ,who was extradited to the US from Nigeria after he was accused of the crime, pleaded guilty to the allegations in April 2014 but was sentenced yesterday

According to prosecutors, Lawal had traveled from Nigeria to Yemen twice between January 2010 and August 2011 to meet with leaders of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, known as AQAP and while in Yemen, Lawal who went by a pseudo name "Ayatollah Mustapha", worked on the terror groups media operations, including its magazine "Inspire,".

He and two others, a Vietnamese man named Minh Quang Pham and US citizen, Samir Khan who served as contributing writers and editors for the terror group magazine, produced the magazine.

Prosecutors say there are pictures of Lawal and his accomplices in the magazine wearing camouflage and holding rifles. It was also stated by the Prosecutors that the group's leadership, including Anwar al-Awlaki, paid Lawal almost $9,000 to recruit English speakers from Nigeria.
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60 comments:

  1. Unknown13 August 2015 at 09:23

    Serves him right. He should have gotten more time. Linda take note!

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    1. Anonymous13 August 2015 at 10:34

      Islam and terrorism choii na wa ooo. Yall should channel effort into other things na...business , education and all that

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    2. Alloy Chikezie13 August 2015 at 11:04

      22 years for helping al qeada? He should have gotten life imprisonment.

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  2. Unknown13 August 2015 at 09:23

    Serves him right. He should have gotten more time. Linda take note!

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  3. Unknown13 August 2015 at 09:24

    Nigerians here and there... May God help us ooo

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  4. BONARIO NNAGS13 August 2015 at 09:24

    Serves him right.

    ~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA

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  5. Angie13 August 2015 at 09:25

    Good for him..
    Nke Onye metere, o buru!

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  6. Unknown13 August 2015 at 09:27

    Congrats to him

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  7. Unknown13 August 2015 at 09:27

    Right From the moment i saw the headline?i know that he must be an hausa or yoruba man.
    They should kill him before he form another terrorism group us,because is in there blood one's you are a nigeria.

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    1. Anonymous13 August 2015 at 13:14

      Guy go suck eggplant, no dey come comment here

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  8. Unknown13 August 2015 at 09:27

    Right From the moment i saw the headline?i know that he must be an hausa or yoruba man.
    They should kill him before he form another terrorism group us,because is in there blood one's you are a nigeria.

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    1. Unknown13 August 2015 at 10:56

      U cnt evn speak good english yet u r bin tribalistic..mtcheeeew

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    2. Eze13 August 2015 at 12:57

      U just said my mindmind, yet to see an Igbo name associated with terrorism

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  9. Unknown13 August 2015 at 09:28

    Right From the moment i saw the headline?i know that he must be an hausa or yoruba man.
    They should kill him before he form another terrorism group us,because is in there blood one's you are a nigeria.




















    #sad indeed

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  10. Unknown13 August 2015 at 09:28

    Right From the moment i saw the headline?i know that he must be an hausa or yoruba man.
    They should kill him before he form another terrorism group us,because is in there blood one's you are a nigeria.




















    #sad indeed

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    1. INDIGENOUS LIB13 August 2015 at 11:16

      Retard!!!! I know you are a orphan OK? So am not surprised cos you don't think like you are OK before dropping comments.... Get a life

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  11. Unknown13 August 2015 at 09:28

    Serves her right!

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  12. Unknown13 August 2015 at 09:28

    Serves her right!

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  13. KING Nwa AMAKA13 August 2015 at 09:30

    Serves him right

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  14. Unknown13 August 2015 at 09:30

    I don't know how these people are being brainwashed !

    Order for your beautiful bedspreads @ 5671CDBE. Delivery available nationwide.

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  15. AC£S13 August 2015 at 09:30

    Good

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  16. Unknown13 August 2015 at 09:32

    Good luck in jail.

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  17. Unknown13 August 2015 at 09:32

    Pele ooooo

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  18. Anonymous13 August 2015 at 09:33

    Odi egwu Nigerians with bad identities

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  19. Walata13 August 2015 at 09:34

    Smh nawah oh

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  20. Unknown13 August 2015 at 09:34

    Na wa...wat does it profit a man t hold onto so mch hate as to supporting evil with ur korokoro eyes. Let him rot there jor!

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  21. Unknown13 August 2015 at 09:35

    While his mates were busy at the Research labs working hard to make this world more convenient and a better place to live in, this first born of Satan was working hard to destroy humanity. The US embassy and general public should always view these people with black spot on their foreheads with suspicion because it is a sign of fanaticism. You hardly see a moderate moslems with that satanic black mark. I believe they normally develop the spot while repeatedly hitting their heads on the ground with ANGER and DESPERATION.

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    1. Anonymous13 August 2015 at 12:48

      But have u nticed dt arabs dont have dt mark on their head. Even d ones near us in morrocco and egypt. I think its d frustration of using mat instead of lush rugs dt cause d mark. Dangote doesnt have it. Everyone has a right to practise their religion. But all this extremism needs to stop. No one is persecuting muslims in dis country so boko haram needs to carry their kangara to palestine and fight for their brothers there.

      This is d problem when u use violence for a just cause, evil pple will hijack it. All d violent seed sown by alqaeda against israel and by extension america have come home to roost. Now isis/bokoharam fighting for nothing but bloodthirst and landgrab in syria, iraq and west africa. If everyone of those arabs had protested their cause wtout violence, like gandhi or mandela, palestinians would have had a prosperous country to call their own at d end of it all. Israel wld have bn way more criticized by d world community in d 50's and 60's.

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    2. Anonymous13 August 2015 at 19:47

      Anyway may I use this medium to inform you that those ones you see with heavy black marks on for head is not because they pray or hit their heads more than others, they inflict that mark using cashew-nut raw water or "laali* that liquid their female ones use to paint themselves so as to look more fanatical, it is an eye witness account. I live in the north.

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  22. Bonita Bislam13 August 2015 at 09:35

    22yrs is even small.This guy may come out worst when he meets with co-criminals in jail.These are the kinda people these terrorists do demand to be released

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  23. OSINANL13 August 2015 at 09:35

    See his yoruba face... Omo ale
    He will rot in jail

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  24. Lynnajade13 August 2015 at 09:37

    See his ugly face! Bastard

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  25. Anonymous13 August 2015 at 09:39

    22 PLUS HIS AGE NOW..TOMJERRYSWIT

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  26. Unknown13 August 2015 at 09:39

    Evil man.

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  27. Unknown13 August 2015 at 09:46

    Na wa ooo

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  28. Unknown13 August 2015 at 09:49

    Na waaa .
    Yoruba people.

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  29. Unknown13 August 2015 at 09:50

    Hmmmm.nothing you'll not hear these days.

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  30. ary13 August 2015 at 09:53

    Bastards

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  31. Unknown13 August 2015 at 09:56

    Serve him right and punishment well deserved. I hope dis wil serve as deterrent to others.

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  32. INDIGENOUS LIB13 August 2015 at 09:58

    As if I know.... Its all this people with round black spot on their forehead... Hiaaaaa... Omo ale jatijati

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  33. Unknown13 August 2015 at 09:58

    Thank God you were caught, wicked man. The bible said there is no peace for the wicked. 22 years should be increased to 60 years. Stay in prison and kill or rape yourself. Evil man.

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  34. Unknown13 August 2015 at 09:59

    Thank God you were caught, wicked man. The bible said there is no peace for the wicked. 22 years should be increased to 60 years. Stay in prison and kill or rape yourself. Evil man.

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  35. Unknown13 August 2015 at 09:59

    Thank God you were caught, wicked man. The bible said there is no peace for the wicked. 22 years should be increased to 60 years. Stay in prison and kill or rape yourself. Evil man.

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  36. Anonymous13 August 2015 at 10:01

    Lobatan! When some of us here are looking for good life....yo went to look for dead life....waka

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  37. BLUNT13 August 2015 at 10:06

    That famous dark mark on the forhead! Fear anyone that carries it.

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  38. Anonymous13 August 2015 at 10:09

    Bastard!

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  39. Carina Kikelomo Jacob13 August 2015 at 10:10

    Must Nigerians be associated with bad things? very annoying

    ckjacob.blogspot.com

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  40. I B M bolubantin13 August 2015 at 10:13

    Good for him...what was he thinking..

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  41. Unknown13 August 2015 at 10:22

    he will die there useless man
    complete bad idiot
    he must not come back to Nigeria

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  42. ayaba13 August 2015 at 10:32

    A yoruba for dat matter yoruba too fear death

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  43. Unknown13 August 2015 at 10:35

    Adojutini omo! Serves him right....

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  44. Jasmine Joseph13 August 2015 at 11:01

    Imagine useless ugly fool, they shld given u life sef. 22yrs is too small, number 1 oloriburuku, replica of a lizard

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  45. Unknown13 August 2015 at 11:25

    Hang Him.
    The Christian folks in Nigeria don't need him here, bt 'Z' can't speak for Lawal's Muslim Brothers though.

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  46. paul aina13 August 2015 at 12:01

    Omo ale Yoruba, you are a disgrace only to yourself and not Yoruba bcos you are on your own now. Mumu Lawal first born of asetani. Abeg make them increase am to 75 years. May be you will have your 7 Virgin in that place now. Ode

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  47. Anonymous13 August 2015 at 12:06

    This alleged picture of Yusuf is actually a picture of Mustapha Abdullahi Berende arrested and paraded by DSS. Pls correct & authenticate your stories and sources before publishing

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  48. Anonymous13 August 2015 at 12:12

    U.S better adopt yoruba language in their approach in fighting crime ASAP

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  49. Unknown13 August 2015 at 13:05

    Justice well served. Enjoy your years behind bars mr man.













    #TeamBlessed#

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  50. Anonymous13 August 2015 at 20:05

    Good for him.

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  51. Anonymous13 August 2015 at 22:17

    This chairman is not 35 years old. He is 52.

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  52. Unknown18 August 2015 at 07:27

    All in d name of money, u destroy ur life.

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