Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche, British-born alleged ringleader of the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram appears to have become radicalised while studying at university in Wales.
He is suspected of being the co-mastermind of two bomb attacks in the past month in a suburb of Abuja, the Nigerian capital, which more killed than 90 people.
It is believed he is in custody after being arrested in Sudan.
Today it emerged the 29-year-old was a student at the University of Glamorgan - now the University of South Wales - between 2007 and 2010.
He studied Business Science while living in Pontypridd and was a member of the university's debating society, but dropped out before completing his degree.
During his time in Wales, his social media posts contained increasingly extremist views, according to Wales Online.
In early 2010, one Facebook post read: 'Those who strive in the path of Allah love death like the kuffar love life, hahaha.
'Let them know, we are always ready to meet our lord anytime he wills.'
A year later, he wrote: 'The only punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and strive to make mischief in the land is that they should be murdered, or crucified, or their hands and their feet should be cut off on opposite sides, or they should be imprisoned.'
His profile picture shows a lion with the word 'Asadullah, meaning 'Lion of God', the website noted.
Five Boko Haram militants had been arrested as suspects in the car bombings in Nyanya on April 14 and May 1, security officials said.
Information they provided pointed to Ogwuche and another man, Rufai Abubakar Tsiga, as masterminds.
Terrified: Boko Haram are holding nearly 300 schoolgirls hostage (above) after kidnapping them from a school in Nigeria last month
Ogwuche served in the intelligence unit of the Nigerian army but deserted in 2006, said a spokesman for Nigeria's Ministry of Information.
He was arrested at Abuja airport in 2011 on arrival from Britain on suspected terrorism-related activities.
But he was released to the care of his father, a retired army colonel, following protests from rights group, officials said.
The arrest came as Nigeria's government said it is willing to talk with Boko Haram militants a month after the Islamist group seized 300 schoolgirls in a kidnapping which has outraged the world.
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