Urgent: We Need More Abdul Umar Farouk Mutallabs!

Yes we do. If one man believes evil was worth dying for, he shames the rest of us who talk about good and yet shrink at the prospects of sacrifice. The irksome fundamentalism in the heart of this upwardly mobile 23-year old drove him and by extension Nigeria into global headlines for all the wrong reasons.

Hitherto, Nigeria has been AWOL on the global scene. We were not in the G20 in London. Our president didn't attend the UN General Assembly two times in a row. Our voice was hushed in Copenhagen. In regional African politics we are the undisputed chiefs of the slum. Now we are back on the headlines. But this time, it was because Abdul almost blew up a plane out of the sky thus triggering all kinds of responses from security alert levels to consular officers losing their heads.

What a shame! We should grab global headlines for more noble reasons. Abdul Mutallab represents everything that is wrong with this world yet he had the audacity to make a bleeding statement to the world at the price of his life's blood. And under this assault to my nation's name I smart. It is not enough to have good men with good intentions who do nothing to make the headlines. Abdul did. So should we.

We should be startled and rattled each week by Time, Newsweek, Fortune, and The Economist's headlines screaming, "Nigerian Scientists Launch Large Hadron Colliders", "Ten Nigerian Businesses Make Fortune 500 Companies List", "Nigeria’s Workforce: Reshaping Global Outsourcing Trends", "Young Nigerian Launches Netviva: Twitter's Strongest Rival Yet", "Nigerian Free Trade Zones and Energy City Projects Attract World's Strongest Brands". Why can't we have all of these?

I tell you something. If there is any myth about Nigeria not capable of taking the world on, Abdul has resolved it in a most despicable manner that shames us sorely. But I tell you with excruciating honesty, he has resolved it. Now let's dominate the headlines with a truly Nigerian brand: YOU.

Go forth therefore and heal the world. Invent breathtaking technologies, drive a decarbonised economy, start businesses that will feed millions, reinvent black and make it the ruling class, change the face of the world positively in ways never before imagined, start a revolution in your mind until every headline screams your name as a pacesetter, world changer, history maker, pathfinder and a Nigerian.

I challenge you to eclipse Abdul Umar Farouk Mutallab out of the media with your more profound impact. In 2010, we will not be marginalised to the sidelines. Despite the plethora of problems, a true knight will not yield an inch of his ground. Even his broken sword shall return to war until by his code of chivalry he conquers the citadel!

We are still here.

Johnson Abbaly
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patiently awaits responses

I have already said it, you will hear no more criticisms from my username directed towards his person. Abdul was wrong no doubt, but i admire the courage in that 23 year old middle class undergraduate. Many of us would be content with finishing school and hoping to get a job and secure our future, but not him.
By nigerian standards He's from a wealthy family but still decided to forgo all of daddy's goodies for a cause he believed in. Day in day out we come here and complain of Nigerian politicians but do nothing, what does that say about us in comparison to him ?

may God have mercy on nigeria

WOW! What a challenge! Veryeasy u did well by challenging us(Nigerians) but rememba action speaks louda dan words. Jst be more practical by showin us smtng positv U'v done, u knw, d "headline" u'v made den we'ld be obliged 2 follow suit. Stop usin d bad tng Abdul did 2 cite example

why open a new thread on this

Na wa!!

No worry any more,

I am working on a device that will detect an explosive device without using the whole body scanner. It will alert bam!!

I think that will make a lot headline when done

its now praiseworthy to be a suicide bomber?

So why havent all the other suicide bombers (and their countries) been given "due honors" by this OP?

misguided youths of Nigeria

lol@ a brainwashed lonely kid dying for what he "believed" in.

Yes we do. If one man believes evil was worth dying for, he shames the rest of us who talk about good and yet shrink at the prospects of sacrifice. The irksome fundamentalism in the heart of this upwardly mobile 23-year old drove him and by extension Nigeria into global headlines for all the wrong reasons.

There are evils everywhere and in every nation. A Black man should be dying, bravely and sacrificially, for the apparent evils in his nation, not in Arabia. Let Arabs recruit their own blood sons and daughters to sacrifice life for their cause.

For Umar Farouk, does the state of evil machinations in Nigeria not sufficient enough to irk his fundamentalism beliefs? He could have targeted politicians in Abuja to drive home his point.