See the Nigerian Man Suspected of Plotting Terror Attack & Stripped of British Citizenship (Photo)

 

According to a report by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, a Nigerian man linked to a group of British Islamists has been stripped of his UK citizenship amid fears he would return to London to execute a Paris-style terror attack.

 

A court heard on Tuesday, May 24 that the man, known as L2 for legal reasons, who is currently in Nigeria with his family, was deemed such a security risk that Home Secretary, Theresa May personally signed an order removing his British nationality in 2013.

 

L2 who is said to have lived and worked in Tower Hamlets, East London, during his time in Britain, is now challenging the Home Office decision at a hearing at the Special Immigration Appeals Commission in London.

 

Bureau of Investigative Journalism revealed that ban unnamed secret services agent referred to as ‘EZ’ told the hearing L2 had been 'engaged in terror activity.'

 

L2 was directly associated with close friends of Michael Adebolajo, killer of soldier Lee Rigby, and Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) executioner, Mohammed Emwazi, also known as 'Jihadi John,' the court heard.

 

The agent said L2 had been in Turkey in 2007 taking part in terror-related activity with Ali Adorus, a close associate of Jihadi John. After returning to the UK, L2 spent time in a British prison between 2007 and 2011 for possessing a handgun, the agent said.

 

Following his release, L2 is understood to have attended meetings and been a member of the now banned group of  radicals al Muhajiroun.

 

The court was also told L2 had fought for Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) against French forces in Mali, and it was largely because of this the British state sought to ban him from returning.

 

"We were trying to prevent L2 bringing back the expertise he would have learnt with AQIM and so a deprivation order was the best course to take,"  the agent told SIAC.

 

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