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.