{"id":466886,"date":"2011-07-23T23:24:09","date_gmt":"2011-07-23T23:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/23\/us-removes-nigeria-from-terror-list\/"},"modified":"2011-07-23T23:24:09","modified_gmt":"2011-07-23T23:24:09","slug":"us-removes-nigeria-from-terror-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/23\/us-removes-nigeria-from-terror-list\/","title":{"rendered":"US removes Nigeria from terror list"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BY HUGO ODIOGOR<\/p>\n

Nigeria may have\u00a0 been delisted from\u00a0 the countries that harbour or sponsor terrorism against the United States (US) and its allies which was the source of diplomatic tension between the two countries following the ill-fated attempt by a foreign based Nigerian student, Farouk Umar Farouk Abdulmuttallab, to bomb a plane in Detroit, US\u00a0 on December 25, 2009.<\/p>\n

Nigeria\u2019s external image took a dip in January 2010, when the US placed the country on global terror list following the failed attempt\u00a0 by Abdulmutallab to detonate the bomb strapped to his pants\u00a0 while, on\u00a0 the domestic front, there have been a\u00a0 spate of bomb blasts targeted at politicians, the security agencies, churches and academic institutions by the Boko Haram sect operating in the northern part of the country.<\/p>\n

Foreign Affairs Ministry sources told Sunday Vanguard that Washington has removed Nigeria\u2019s name from the terror watch list which subjects Nigerians as well as nationals from the listed countries to special security checks on their arrival to the US.<\/p>\n

The sources said that before he was inaugurated\u00a0 on May 29,2011, President\u00a0 Goodluck Jonathan took steps to\u00a0 address\u00a0 the impression created by the action of the US\u00a0 authorities as Nigeria was not a known base for terrorist groups neither is the economic interest of the US and safety of its nationals in Nigeria in peril. The insinuation by an MI5 agent, according to the sources, that Al-Qaeda planned to use Nigeria as its operational base is without foundation.<\/p>\n

Nigeria also took steps to convince the American leadership that \u201cNigeria as a state does not sponsor terrorism against its citizens or its neighbours or indeed other countries, regardless of differences in their foreign policy orientation and disposition.\u201d One of the sources added:\u201dIt was therefore an overreaction on the part of the US authorities to use the action of one youth to brand, target and subject over 150million other people to odious treatment, through invasive searches and other humiliating security checks\u201d.<\/p>\n

Nigeria, the sources maintained,\u00a0 has sped\u00a0 up the passage of the Anti-Terrorism and Other Related Offences Act 2010 to underscore\u00a0 her\u00a0 commitment to tackling\u00a0 terrorism at\u00a0 the domestic and international fronts. \u201cWe are the first in Africa to do this and we have been fully compliant and cooperative with international security agencies in exchange of intelligence on counter terrorism but this does not mean that there are no challenges as we have seen in the Boko Haram activities in the bombing of the headquarters of Nigeria Police, the reckless use of\u00a0 improvised explosive devices to attack military and security personnel in Abuja, Suleja, Bauchi, Borno, Kaduna and other parts of the country,\u201d one of the sources stated.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have since told the Presidency of the need to\u00a0 take proactive steps to mobilise public opinion, support and action to tackle the scourge of terrorism which has adverse socio-political and economic consequences for Nigeria within and outside its borders.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs you may\u00a0 know, all American flights carry\u00a0 marshals who are trained to combat\u00a0 possible in-flight terror attack. There are other counter-terrorism measures that are taken which we should keep off the record.\u201d Apart from the US, members of the European Union\u00a0 (EU) have stepped up their\u00a0 support for Nigeria\u2019s anti-terrorism war.<\/p>\n

France, Germany and Britain have indicated their willingness to aid\u00a0 Nigeria\u00a0 on\u00a0 the\u00a0 war against terrorism. The sources said the support\u00a0 by the EU countries will come in\u00a0 form of training for security agencies and provision of technical support to counter terrorism in the country.<\/p>\n

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