Nigerians In UK Disown Suspected Woolwich Attacker

SUSPECTING a sinister motive in the identification of an attacker on a British soldier as a Nigerian, Nigerians in the United Kingdom (UK) Thursday disowned Michael Mujahid Adebolajo.
Nigerians in the UK have said one of the suspects in the Woolwich attack, Adebolajo, is not a Nigerian but a British citizen as Metropolitan police officers raided a house in a Lincolnshire village belonging to the Adebolajos.
Reacting in a statement, a chieftain of Nigerians in Diaspora, UK, Sam Onigbanjo, said: “The beheading was done by a British citizen and not a Nigerian as speculated, his name does not confirm his nationality.“This lunatic was born in the United Kingdom, never been to Nigeria.
He was issued a birth certificate in the UK and held a British passport. Suddenly, he is now a Nigerian? This guy is not a Nigerian-British born.”
Onigbanjo noted that “because the accused is not Gabriel Agbonlahor playing for Aston Villa and Three Lions, or Andrew Osagie, UK’s reigning 800m champion, or Lawrence Okoye, British Discus Record Holder (68.24m), or Abiodun Oyepitan, British Olympic Silver and Gold Medalist, or Christine Ohuruogu, Beijing Olympic British Gold Medalist, or Eniola Aluko, British Olympic Female Football star, or Temi Fagbenle, British Olympic Basketball queen, or several other thousands of British citizens with Nigerian connection who are making the country proud, it is being made to look like Nigeria has shown itself again over the action of the British boy who beheaded a soldier yesterday.”
Also, a North London-based non-governmental organisation (NGO), African Partnership Development (APD), has strongly condemned the actions of one of the two murder suspects.In a statement made available to The Guardian, APD said suspect   Adebolajo was not in any way a representative of the Nigerian community.

According to the statement, “APD wishes to condemn the barbaric act of the murder suspects, Michael Adebolajo, a British born to Nigerian parents and his accomplice.
The killing is abominable, unacceptable and very barbaric.”In another statement made available to The Guardian, the National Association of Nigerian Communities (NANC) condemned the action of Adebolajo and his yet to be identified accomplice.
The statement of condemnation signed by the National President, Martins Bakare and the Publicity Secretary, Owoeye Olabanji, reads:
“On behalf of the National Association of Nigerian Communities (NANC) UK, our condolences are with the families and friends of the victim. Such an act is nothing short of barbarism of misguided minds, who have put a huge shame on their family, friends and the community at large.
It is saddened to note that both suspects, Michael Adebolajo and the other, are of Nigerian descent.” NANC said it hoped it was an “isolated” act and that the duo must be made to account for their acts.