ABUJA: Nigeria has asked a court to grant an extradition request for one of its citizens to the US over charges of aiding the Yemeni branch of Al Qaeda, court documents showed yesterday.
US and Nigerian authorities have accused Lawal Olaniyi Babafemi of travelling to Yemen with members of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in 2010 and 2011 and receiving $8,600 in order to return to Nigeria and recruit English-speaking radicals.
“Olaniyi ... is being indicted for conspiracy to provide support to a foreign terrorist organisation, provision and attempted provision of material support to a foreign terrorist organisation, unlawful use of firearms,” the application from Nigeria’s attorney general dated July 23 says. Reuters
