African court has found Henry Okah guilty of
terrorism charges leveled against him by the federal government of Nigeria.
The sentence includes a life jail term. The sentence
will be carried out on January 31st or February 1st. The judge however gave
Okah room for mitigation.
Okah is accused of masterminding two car bombings in
Abuja on October 1 in 2010.
12 people were killed and 36 were injured. He was
arrested in Johannesburg the following day.
Okah was allegedly the leader of the Movement for
the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) that claimed responsibility for the
blasts.
He was charged with engaging in terrorist
activities, conspiracy to engage in terrorist activity, and delivering,
placing, and detonating an explosive device. Watch the video after the cut...
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe,
who was first to give evidence at the opening of Okah’s trial said Okah was a
“key figure in the Niger Delta struggle and the militants had a lot of respect
for him”.
Okah denied involvement in the attacks and also
denies being the leader of the group.
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