Bomb suspect may not have begun trip in Ghana

A Nigerian charged with trying to blow up a US passenger jet on Christmas Day may not have begun his journey in Ghana, a Ghanaian airport official said on Saturday.

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab had been thought to have started his journey on Dec. 24, taking a Lagos-Amsterdam flight, but Nigeria said on Thursday he had first flown from Accra to Lagos. "The fact that he possibly boarded a Virgin Nigeria flight from Accra to Lagos does not mean he began his journey in Ghana as is being claimed by some officials in Nigeria," said Yaw Kwakwa, deputy managing director of Ghana Airports. (Reuters)