A Nigerian defendant is set to appear in a US court to face terrorism charges.
Lawal Olaniyi Babafemi was brought to the US earlier this year. A federal indictment accuses him of providing support to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. He's to be arraigned today in federal court in Brooklyn.
Court papers allege Babafemi traveled to Yemen with other members of the al-Qaeda group. Authorities say he was given USD 8,600 to return to Nigeria and recruit English speakers to radicalise others.
Babafemi was in the custody of Nigerian officials earlier this summer when a court there granted the US embassy's request for extradition.
The al-Qaeda group claims many terrorist attacks. They include the 2009 attempted bombing of a Northwest Airline flight from Amsterdam to Detroit by a Nigerian with explosives hidden in his underwear.
