The family of a Muslim teenager who was arrested after a homemade clock he brought into school was mistaken for a bomb are demanding $15million in damages.
Ahmed Mohamed's family are also seeking an apology from the city of Irving and its schools after the 14-year-old was apprehended by police in September this year.
According to NY Daily ,lawyers representing the family sent separate letters to the city of Irving, located west of Dallas, and the Irving Independent School District, saying the ninth grade student was wrongfully arrested, illegally detained and questioned without his parents.
The Mohamed family is asking for $10 million from the city and $5 million from the school district or they will file civil lawsuits within 60 days, the letter said.
The boy's family said in October that they would be moving to Qatar and he had accepted an offer from the Qatar Foundation to study at its Young Innovators Program.
Ahmed won support from Obama and other major US figures, including Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, who said "having the skill and ambition to build something cool should lead to applause, not arrest."
Despite several television appearances and worldwide travel, the Mohamed family says the attention ruined their lives and eventually drove them out of the country, lawyers said.
Ahmed Mohamed's family are also seeking an apology from the city of Irving and its schools after the 14-year-old was apprehended by police in September this year.
According to NY Daily ,lawyers representing the family sent separate letters to the city of Irving, located west of Dallas, and the Irving Independent School District, saying the ninth grade student was wrongfully arrested, illegally detained and questioned without his parents.
The Mohamed family is asking for $10 million from the city and $5 million from the school district or they will file civil lawsuits within 60 days, the letter said.
The boy's family said in October that they would be moving to Qatar and he had accepted an offer from the Qatar Foundation to study at its Young Innovators Program.
Ahmed won support from Obama and other major US figures, including Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, who said "having the skill and ambition to build something cool should lead to applause, not arrest."
Despite several television appearances and worldwide travel, the Mohamed family says the attention ruined their lives and eventually drove them out of the country, lawyers said.


Cool, but d cash they are demanding for is too much.
ReplyDeleteThis is quite shameful. This boy engaged in a bomb hoax for attention and the family is now is attempting to extort millions of dollars from that school, etc to live off of while abroad. That family needs to be so deeply ashamed of their actions. IT IS WELL
ReplyDeleteAfter everything he has received, the attention, the scholarships etc even Obama handshake, he still want to sue the school oga o
ReplyDeleteAfter everything he has received, the attention, the scholarships etc even Obama handshake, he still want to sue the school oga o
ReplyDeleteHmmm
ReplyDeleteWhat took them so long?
After the worldwide hype & recognition, this is wrong.
D boy"s father is a thief, na now e wan hammer? Instead of his son to be rich thru him, he is using d poor boy intelligence to make d lifetime hussle.greedy parents, Qatar offer neva reach? Dey shld be happy it ended d way it did self
ReplyDeleteThey shld pay his family d money biko
ReplyDeleteThe family is seriously broke no doubt
ReplyDeleteThiefs!
ReplyDeleteOpportunists!
ReplyDeletea.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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This guy wan turn thief over night shah... #NowPlaying>> mary kay: boy breed...
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Mallam Buhari I have a big clock that is the exact shape of a bomb in my car park.Can u send DSS to come and get me so I can sue.Im not too far from banana island,beside Atikus house.Hurry up pls
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