Umar Abdulmutallab, A Nigerian suicide bomber sues US Justice Department

The Nigerian suicide bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab who had wanted to blow himself up in a plane has sue the US department of justice for denying him freedom of speech and religious rights.


Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab who is also known as Underwear bomber sued the department of justice in a statement issued to New York Times by his attorney.

In a suit filed in a Colorado federal high court Umar Farouk said that the authorities in the prison would not allow him to perform some personal duties as they were violating his constitutional rights.

It was also gathered that the 30 years old Farouk accused the officers in the prison of forcing him to eat during a hunger strick using every painful methods on him. Even as whites inmates are permitted to harrass him during prayer session.

"Prisoners retain fundamental constitutional rights to communicate with others and have family relationships free from undue interference by the government." His attorney said

Farouk who was sentenced to life imprisonment in the United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility in Florence, Colorado for attempting to bomb a plane in 2009 Christmas day in the United States of America.