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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 20 Oct 2017

    Nigerian underwear bomber, who is serving life sentence in a US prison, sues for right to practise his religion http://bbc.in/2zp9vyV pic.twitter.com/HSZsEmK5pJ

    9:16 AM - 20 Oct 2017
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      1. ipob malaga 🇮🇱‏ @ipobmalaga 21 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        #FreeBiafra from the islamic terrorist state of Nigeria. Self-Determination is a universal law @UN @AU_PSD. #BiafraReferendum #StopKillings

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      1.  🌟KING OF LAGOS(MFR)‏ @Derek74399105 20 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        If this dude were successful to murder innocent lives in 2009 ..would those innocent souls even have rights to anything ? 🤔

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      2. 1st Disciple  🇲🇼‏ @Che_Mwawa 20 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Underwear bomber, just sit down and mend your partially burnt underwear.

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      3. omambala‏ @omambalab 20 Oct 2017
        Replying to @Che_Mwawa @BBCAfrica

        😁😁😁

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      2. Nancin‏ @NancinDadem 20 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Practice what specifically? Wasn't it practicing your religion when you set out to kill others?

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      3. Abdulmajid Tijjani‏ @D_doctor_46 20 Oct 2017
        Replying to @NancinDadem @BBCAfrica

        With all due respect... Islam doesn't teach us to kill people. So he was practicing something else

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      1. iam_Phemmy_Nice®‏ @phemmynice 20 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        You see why at time there’s love in jungle justice........

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      2. Tosin Obata‏ @tosinol27 20 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        This guy is British. Never lived in Nigeria

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      3.  👰 M'baku's Concubine  👰 AKA  👑 Black Absinthe 👑‏ @g_omobolanle 20 Oct 2017
        Replying to @tosinol27 @BBCAfrica

        Umar Farouk lived in Nigeria!! He went to Essence International School, Kaduna for a few years. Who ever sold you that story lied bruh..

        0 replies 1 retweet 1 like
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      1. Tizhe‏ @tizhe90 20 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Why is he alive? People like him don't deserve the right to practice anything.

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      1. Afrowave News‏ @AfrowaveNews 20 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @Romeo_Busiku

        well, he should have right to practice his religion - who needs to pray more than sinner?

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      2. Áhmēd Ŷ‏ @mcahmedy 20 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        They should sentence him to death by firing squad.

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      1. Chino‏ @DaMatriarch 21 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Tell him, he lost his right to a lot of things when he set out to commit #MassMurder - #Terrorism

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      2. Wod Anaka‏ @bryanodong 20 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        So someone explain to me how an underwear bomb works

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      1. Queen Yusuf‏ @QueenYusuf4 21 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        From a very humble family to a wrong hand of sinister gangs of pple who deceive the vulnerable young men in to their religion ideologies#sad

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      1. Queen Yusuf‏ @QueenYusuf4 21 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        I totally don't support u on wat u did dat faithful day by trying to kill innocent pple on dat flight but,they shld allow u to pray 4 yr sin

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