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Re: Henry Okah In Contact With October 1 Bombers - South Africa Police by IbroYaya: 11:28am On Oct 15, 2010
5columnist:

Nigerians are simply daft. The President told us that this man was responsible from day one and said it was wrong for him (Okah) and his cronies; independent bomb blaster (IBB) conspirators  to hide under the umbrella of a group focused on fighting the marginalisation of the south-south region. Thus his assertion that MEND was not responsible was right.
We all know OKAH is a gun-runner and that the current President of South-Africa is a gun runner too. That was why Mbeki had issues about handing over the affairs of south Africa to him. Would it not to be logical to think that the initial efforts made to protect OKAH was an instruction from Zuma a  possible accomplice.
Did anyone notice that ZUMA was not available on the day of our celebration. If not for anything, Nigeria supported the fight for the end of apartheid and the emancipation of black Africans. He was not there but Thabo Mbeki was there.
OKAH is a criminal and should be treated that way and if anybody from now henceforth carry out any attack on any government facility or interest, it is entirely in place to tag such act an act of terrorism because the amnesty programme enshrine the right to seek for individual freedom  and rights without the use of force in the Niger-Delta. This of course was signed by most militants as well as Okah, who was released from prison by Femi Falana.
Having signed not to be found dealing or using arms to push for the emancipation of the Niger-deltan cause, it is then criminally to see any receipt or message that upholds violent within his domain.
To directly threaten the government of Nigeria that our entity will remain ungovernable unless oil blocs are allocated to him and his cronies is another breach of the agreement signed during the amnesty.
We all should be clear that an act of sabotage in whatever form to facilities protected under the laws of a recognised state is punishable under law.
Okah is a drowning man who dug his own grave and is seeking for cheap sympathy after possibly shedding innocent blood on October 1st. Let the blood of the innocent seek vengeance and make life uncomfortable for all the generations of those who orchestrated the October 1st bomb blast.


You said it all. That's the hidden truth most people dont  know.

marvix:

Beaf u doing a good job here, but there is no need to argue with people who feel they know the jobs of the police and security agents better than those that were trained.

Where in the world have u seen investigators declaring all the info they have, any criminal who has done his homework properly never owns up to crime even when glaring evidences are put up against them.

Okah is a criminal amnesty or not, he has contacts with the bombers, he is a known arms dealer, so the bombers who gave them funds to purchase explosives are more important than the bombers themselves.

In due time the truth or what will be accepted as the truth will be out and would still be up for debate.



Gbam!
No need to argue with some people here, is not worth it. They will always  talk instead of allowing security operatives to do their work.
Well the truth is gradually coming out and is all for good.
Re: Henry Okah In Contact With October 1 Bombers - South Africa Police by Nwaokike(f): 12:25pm On Oct 15, 2010
Hollywood/Nollywood should do another movie about this. It really is entertaining. I would like to know who'll be the hero and the villian
Re: Henry Okah In Contact With October 1 Bombers - South Africa Police by otokx(m): 12:27pm On Oct 15, 2010
The evidences thus far are really looking very week. Additional information of property ownership is just a distraction.
Re: Henry Okah In Contact With October 1 Bombers - South Africa Police by HamidO1(m): 12:40pm On Oct 15, 2010
Intresting developments, The truth shall come out soon. SA police abeg don't even think of handing this case over to the Nigeria Police Force, they are bound to mess it up anyday.
Re: Henry Okah In Contact With October 1 Bombers - South Africa Police by saydfact(m): 12:56pm On Oct 15, 2010
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South African police investigators said in an affidavit, read by a prosecutor at a bail hearing for Okah in a Johannesburg court, that he was "the mastermind" behind the blast but they could not reveal the evidence implicating Okah to protect their confidential sources
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[size=18pt]in this century, u dont have proof and u're making noise, wen did law start relying on "Mere Say"[/size]
Re: Henry Okah In Contact With October 1 Bombers - South Africa Police by Nobody: 1:06pm On Oct 15, 2010
http://allafrica.com/stories/201010150541.html

Africa: South Africa Police Link Okah to Abuja Bombings


South African authorities said yesterday they had found evidence linking militant leader Henry Okah to the October 1 bombings in Abuja in which 16 people were killed.

They said Okah, a former leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), was in contact with his bombing conspirators in Nigeria before and after the twin car blasts in the Nigerian capital.

Okah was arrested on October 2 in Johannesburg, where he has been living for the past one year, and was charged with conspiracy to commit a terrorist act and the detonation of the explosive devices during Nigeria's 50th independence anniversary celebrations.

He was granted his own cell after the court ruled that his life might be at risk in jail.

Speaking during a bail hearing for him in the Johannesburg Regional Court yesterday, South African police prosecutors said the former militant leader was "the mastermind" behind the blasts but they could not reveal the evidence implicating him in order to protect their confidential sources.

Reading from an affidavit, prosecutor Sean Abrahams told magistrate Hein Louw that the authorities had seized diaries in which Okah vowed that he and other MEND fighters would "fight to the end". They also obtained a quotation for rocket-propelled grenades from Okah's home in Johannesburg.

The diary entries, read in court, discussed guerrilla fighters, training discipline, the use of explosives, boats and night vision. In an entry dated September 19, 2010 - 11 days before the Abuja attacks - Okah allegedly wrote: "God is with us. We will fight to the end."

The prosecutors said they also found in Okah's home a September 3 invoice from a Chinese company not registered to deal in arms in South Africa showing the prices of rocket launchers, rocket-propelled grenades, hand grenades, guns and heavy artillery.

They also found that Okah and his wife Azuka own about 10 properties in South Africa valued at over US$1 million.

Okah has, however, denied any involvement in the attacks, saying he was not a member of MEND.

He said in an affidavit presented at the hearing by his defence lawyer Rudi Krause that he did not have "any involvement whatsoever with the bomb acts".

"My arrest has nothing to do with a proper police investigation but rather,  a devious political ploy by politicians in Nigeria to gain the upper hand over their political opponents," Okah said, adding, "I simply deny any involvement of any kind in the bombing attacks,

"I was arrested after the bomb attack to appease Nigerian officials who had placed significant pressure on South African authorities to arrest me."

According to Okah, "The case of the State is so weak against me that it is non-existent."

Okah said he was being used as a political pawn by President Goodluck Jonathan ahead of the 2011 general elections.

He said Jonathan's reaction to the bombings had "resulted in a serious embarrassment."

It also emerged yesterday that Nigeria's minister of justice and attorney general, Mohammed Bello Adoke, had sent a written affidavit to the court pleading for the magistrate not to release Okah.

In the affidavit, Adoke called Okah the mastermind of MEND, charging he was engaged in warfare and "economic sabotage" against Nigeria.


Okah, who was dressed in a brown sweater and jeans, shook his head and laughed when a prosecutor read the Nigerian minister's affidavit.

The hearing was adjourned until today when a decision would be made on whether the court should grant Okah bail.
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Earlier in the hearing, the Johannesburg Regional Court had questioned the prosecution's decision to institute criminal proceedings against Okah without authorisation from the country's National Director of Public Prosecutions as required by the Criminal Procedure Act.

Okah's lawyer had argued that due to the State's failure to provide the necessary documents the court should order Okah's release.

"This matter should be struck off the roll," he told the court.

However prosecutor Shaun Abrahams opposed the motion, arguing, "The State is aware of the fact that it needs authorisation from the NDPP but in the interest of proper administration of justice this case should stand down until 3 p.m."

so is the federal govt saying okah is the leader of mend and all those fellows who drank tea are just pretenders and liars?

while they are still playing games no one can follow anymore, there are people armed to the teeth in the creeks getting ready to 'fight to the end'

can the gej noise makers and the FG please make up their minds

who is responsible

is it IBB

or is it

Okah?

anyway should we be surprised? our federal govt has been bungling the security of its citizens since time immemorial
Re: Henry Okah In Contact With October 1 Bombers - South Africa Police by stiyke(m): 1:13pm On Oct 15, 2010
@ Oyb,

Y are you jittery? let the investigations proceed and conclude, lets not conclude otherwise till the security agencies complete their work.
Re: Henry Okah In Contact With October 1 Bombers - South Africa Police by ExInferis(m): 1:20pm On Oct 15, 2010
here is proof that kissers of GEJ's bollocks are fools:

1. your dimwitted president says he knows (not "suspect", but KNOWS) who did it. him knowing means he can prove it

2. so what is he waiting for?

3. if its Okah and the FG knows, why are they yet to firnish SA with the damning evidence?

4. if Dokpesi is involved and the FG "KNOWS" and has proof, why is he still walking as a free man while Okah is in prison?

5. where is the proof against IBB? (for the record i despise IBB and all he represents)

6. and where is the proof MEND didnt do it?


kindly supply answers to the above and we may well believe that buffoon of a president.

also, you must be monumentally daft to do either or all of the following:

1. believe every utterance of the govenrment

2. assume any of our security agencies has anything remotely worthy of being tagged "expert".
Re: Henry Okah In Contact With October 1 Bombers - South Africa Police by Nobody: 1:22pm On Oct 15, 2010
stiyke:

@ Oyb,

Y are you jittery? let the investigations proceed and conclude, lets not conclude otherwise till the security agencies complete their work.

^^^

you people cannot think

get it through your tiny brains

the real perpetrators are still out there while your fg plays political games

imagine if armed robbers are terrorizing your neighbourhood and the police under pressure, arrest people who while they are guity of othercrimes, have no hand in your armed robberies.

have they resolved your issues?

are you any safer?

you fg is failing us all, and you lot are talking rubbish about being jittery

shame on the lot of you.

whats the difference between this circus and innocents paraded on national tv by the police as armed robbers
Re: Henry Okah In Contact With October 1 Bombers - South Africa Police by ExInferis(m): 1:26pm On Oct 15, 2010
stiyke:

@ Oyb,

Y are you jittery? let the investigations proceed and conclude, lets not conclude otherwise till the security agencies complete their work.

do you actually believe there is any serious investigation going on? GEJ himself did say none of the previous bomb blasts was investigated. what do they even have to go on? all the years that MEND has been blowing sh1t up, was there ever any case file built up that says such-and-such did it?


in all the years the SS, EFCC, ICPC, NSA, etc were bungling investigations no one referred to them as experts.

suddenly a bomb went of in abuja, GEJ tried to politicize it and now we have experts.

experts who couldnt solve the cases of Bola Ige, Harry marshall, Rimi's wife, warri bombs, pipeline bombs, Dele Giwa, Siemens scandal, Enrol scandal, $300b NNPC missing funds, who is really looting our treasury, boko haram and its financiers, MEND and its patrons, kidnappers and their overlords etc etc
Re: Henry Okah In Contact With October 1 Bombers - South Africa Police by Beaf: 1:29pm On Oct 15, 2010
stiyke:

@ Oyb,

Y are you jittery? let the investigations proceed and conclude, lets not conclude otherwise till the security agencies complete their work.

Exactly. Okah has suddenly found a whole bunch of brand new lovers and die hard protectors. There is a whole bunch of jittery folk who are ready to deify  criminals. I wonder why?
Re: Henry Okah In Contact With October 1 Bombers - South Africa Police by stiyke(m): 1:37pm On Oct 15, 2010
oyb:

^^^

you people cannot think

get it through your tiny brains

the real perpetrators are still out there while your fg plays political games


[s]imagine if armed robbers are terrorizing your neighbourhood and the police under pressure, arrest people who while they are guity of othercrimes, have no hand in your armed robberies.

have they resolved your issues?

are you any safer?
[/s]

you fg is failing us all, and you lot are talking rubbish about being jittery

shame on the lot of you.

whats the difference between this circus and innocents paraded on national tv by the police as armed robbers


Sir Oyb
I totally agree with you on the bolded after you supplied us with details of your own competent investigation revealing the perpetrators.

On the italicized, for the past 2-3 yrs most of the armed robbers arrested in my hood were truely armed robbers, and am telling you there havent been much instances of armed robbery here for more than a year. It may not be same in every part of Nigeria but believe it that there are security operatives that know their work and are doing it.

Lets not forget that a lot in Nigeria has decayed over the past 50yrs, it will take time to build it back. To all that are castigating police sss GEJ, how many of you can stand shoulder to shoulder with citizens of developed countries that studied your field of study? if you know truely u cant. why compare ur SSS and police to theirs when they were produced by the same system that produced YOU??
Re: Henry Okah In Contact With October 1 Bombers - South Africa Police by Nobody: 1:39pm On Oct 15, 2010
Beaf:

Exactly. Okah has suddenly found a whole bunch of brand new lovers and die hard protectors. There is a whole bunch of jittery folk who are ready to deify  criminals. I wonder why?

comical beaf al mustapha


nls biggest hypocrite

all of a sudden the mastermind of mend (your AG said so) is a criminal

when i was denouncing mend as a terrorist organization , you were bawling like a beaten child - all of a sudden, it is an organization headed by a criminal - so whats the difference?

what do you lot stand for , anyway?

all of a sudden under the calm and visionary leadership of saint gej, all our incompetent, n20, billion naira bribe a month, i cant stand the rain security agencies are all 'experts'

can't u answer any of my posts, or have i whipped your hypocritical, lying arse into line so many times that you are reduced to snide one liners  cheesy cheesy
Re: Henry Okah In Contact With October 1 Bombers - South Africa Police by Beaf: 1:43pm On Oct 15, 2010
^
Answer your posts? shocked
I'll only bother to reply you when you start making sense and actually begin to sound less partisan, uncouth and immoral. Right now, other more intelligent posters are getting my attention.

Ex Inferis:

here is proof that kissers of GEJ's bollocks are fools:

1. your dimwitted president says he knows (not "suspect", but KNOWS) who did it. him knowing means he can prove it

2. so what is he waiting for?

3. if its Okah and the FG knows, why are they yet to firnish SA with the damning evidence?

4. if Dokpesi is involved and the FG "KNOWS" and has proof, why is he still walking as a free man while Okah is in prison?

5. where is the proof against IBB? (for the record i despise IBB and all he represents)

6. and where is the proof MEND didnt do it?


kindly supply answers to the above and we may well believe that buffoon of a president.

also, you must be monumentally daft to do either or all of the following:

1. believe every utterance of the govenrment

2. assume any of our security agencies has anything remotely worthy of being tagged "expert".

Your regretably childish choice of words against the President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria only shows your character and leanings. The average Nigerian (even the area boy and almajiri) is more cultured and respectful.

Dude, you sound exactly the same as the bitter, tribalistic and hate filled goons; Ciroma, Yakasai, Bello, Kaita and their weird colleagues. You will find that those clowns are full of sound and fury, but are as empty and powerless as a smelly fart. They threatened that the "North" would start impeachment proceedings against GEJ, what happened to that threat? It is so funny that people like yourself are foot soldiers to a bunch of tribal lords that cannot tell time of day and are so immoral, they will be first to pr0stitute for contracts in GEJ's 2011 Presidential term.

Get a life.
Re: Henry Okah In Contact With October 1 Bombers - South Africa Police by Nobody: 1:45pm On Oct 15, 2010
stiyke:

Sir Oyb
I totally agree with you on the bolded after you supplied us with details of your own competent investigation revealing the perpetrators.

On the italicized, for the past 2-3 yrs most of the armed robbers arrested in my hood were truely armed robbers, and am telling you there havent been much instances of armed robbery here for more than a year. It may not be same in every part of Nigeria but believe it that there are security operatives that know their work and are doing it.

Lets not forget that a lot in Nigeria has decayed over the past 50yrs, it will take time to build it back. To all that are castigating police sss GEJ, how many of you can stand shoulder to shoulder with citizens of developed countries that studied your field of study? if you know truely u cant. why compare your SSS and police to theirs when they were produced by the same system that produced YOU??

the usual incoherence and persona attacks from the retards that make up gej's supporters

who the fk do you think you are , blathering about how i stand next to my peers. we had a debate a few years ago, 'are nigerian engineers competent', in which idiots of your ilk were floored. i suggest you dig it out instead of highlighting your inferiority complex. i understand perfectly that you are little more than a black money, who is cowed by oyibos - but thats just you  sad sad sad embarassed

better retire to teeny bopper threads - you may be of more use there

please make up your mind - is our sss etal part of nigeri's decay, or are they experts?

sorry to hear that you live in ajegunel. pele. sounds like your neighbours are armed robbers  embarassed embarassed , they live in your hood, not so?
Re: Henry Okah In Contact With October 1 Bombers - South Africa Police by Abagworo(m): 1:49pm On Oct 15, 2010
@beaf.Why are you always defending every wrong decision made by the FG?I am very happy and pray that we will all be alive next year to witness the consequences of this Okah set up.I predict that MASSOB,MOSOP and MEND will go on a bombing spree next year.
Re: Henry Okah In Contact With October 1 Bombers - South Africa Police by Beaf: 1:55pm On Oct 15, 2010
Abagworo:

@beaf.Why are you always defending every wrong decision made by the FG?I am very happy and pray that we will all be alive next year to witness the consequences of this Okah set up.I predict that MASSOB,MOSOP and MEND will go on a bombing spree next year.

shocked
Don't think you are misfiring wildly here? Its shocking!
The court Okah was taken to is in SA,  Okah jail is in SA, the findings of SA police were done in SA; how did you pluck out "wrong decision made by the FG" from thin air?

And dude, if you can predict a bombing spree, you might have serious questions to answer.
Re: Henry Okah In Contact With October 1 Bombers - South Africa Police by Nobody: 1:56pm On Oct 15, 2010
Abagworo:

@beaf.Why are you always defending every wrong decision made by the FG?I am very happy and pray that we will all be alive next year to witness the consequences of this Okah set up.I predict that MASSOB,MOSOP and MEND will go on a bombing spree next year.


what do you expect from a prostitute of conscience?

comical beaf thinks he's talking to his simple minded ilk in the village who will swallow everything hook, line and sinker

the governemnt is contradicting itself right left and center - gej says its not mend, later he says he dd not absolve mend - he invites some criminals to aso rock to tell us okah is not the leader of mend, his ag tells sa police that okah is the mend mastermind

and so on and so forth
Re: Henry Okah In Contact With October 1 Bombers - South Africa Police by stiyke(m): 1:57pm On Oct 15, 2010
oyb:

the usual incoherence and persona attacks from the retards that make up gej's supporters

who the fk do you think you are , blathering about how i stand next to my peers. we had a debate a few years ago, 'are nigerian engineers competent', in which idiots of your ilk were floored. i suggest you dig it out instead of highlighting your inferiority complex. i understand perfectly that you are little more than a black money, who is cowed by oyibos - but thats just you  sad sad sad embarassed

better retire to teeny bopper threads - you may be of more use there

please make up your mind - is our sss etal part of nigeri's decay, or are they experts?

sorry to hear that you live in ajegunel. pele. sounds like your neighbours are armed robbers  embarassed embarassed , they live in your hood, not so?  

i can feel the emotions pouring out from you. Am so so SORRY in case i hit a nerve there. honestly i didnt mean to. should spend this energy of fume and hate and abuse building nigeria thats my point.
On the other hand, u failed to draw me into that mud of personal abuses. Sorry pal find someone else ,
Re: Henry Okah In Contact With October 1 Bombers - South Africa Police by Nobody: 1:59pm On Oct 15, 2010
Abagworo:

@beaf.Why are you always defending every wrong decision made by the FG?I am very happy and pray that we will all be alive next year to witness the consequences of this Okah set up.I predict that MASSOB,MOSOP and MEND will go on a bombing spree next year.


what do you expect from a prostitute of conscience?

comical beaf thinks he's talking to his simple minded ilk in the village who will swallow everything hook, line and sinker

the governemnt is contradicting itself right left and center - gej says its not mend, later he says he dd not absolve mend - he invites some criminals to aso rock to tell us okah is not the leader of mend, his ag tells sa police that okah is the mend mastermind

and so on and so forth


Beaf:

shocked
Don't think you are misfiring wildly here? Its shocking!
The court Okah was taken to is in SA, Okah jail is in SA, the findings of SA police were done in SA; how did you pluck out "wrong decision made by the FG" from thin air?

And dude, if you can predict a bombing spree, you might have serious questions to answer.

can't you even lie well? okah was arrested both times at the behest of our fg. so what exactly are you on about?
Re: Henry Okah In Contact With October 1 Bombers - South Africa Police by Nobody: 2:01pm On Oct 15, 2010
stiyke:

i can feel the emotions pouring out from you. Am so so SORRY in case i hit a nerve there. honestly i didnt mean to. should spend this energy of fume and hate and abuse building nigeria thats my point.
On the other hand, u failed to draw me into that mud of personal abuses. Sorry pal find someone else ,

i am always irritated when i have to listen to self hating retards who have no problem believing oyibos are better than them. fortunately, i am competent enough not to be cursed with such low self esteem and self doubt

back to topic
Re: Henry Okah In Contact With October 1 Bombers - South Africa Police by stiyke(m): 2:17pm On Oct 15, 2010
oyb:


what do you expect from a love-peddler of conscience?

comical beaf thinks he's talking to his simple minded ilk in the village who will swallow everything hook, line and sinker

the governemnt is contradicting itself right left and center - gej says its not mend, later he says he dd not absolve mend - he invites some criminals to aso rock to tell us okah is not the leader of mend, his ag tells sa police that okah is the mend mastermind

and so on and so forth


can't you even lie well? okah was arrested both times at the behest of our fg. so what exactly are you on about?



Really?
Am so proud of GEJ the he is now commander in chief of Nigeria and South Africa. Ohh i love this man. When i get to be president, i willl be CinC of the whole Africa. grin
Re: Henry Okah In Contact With October 1 Bombers - South Africa Police by Bawss1(m): 2:18pm On Oct 15, 2010
oyb:


you forget the sa police originally released him for lack of evidence and only rearrested him at the insistence of the fg after their threat of nationalising mtn



A little off topic but I don't think the highlighted line is true. MTN is not even owned by the SA government, its a private company.
Re: Henry Okah In Contact With October 1 Bombers - South Africa Police by Beaf: 2:20pm On Oct 15, 2010
Bawss1:

A little off topic but I don't think the highlighted line is true. MTN is not even owned by the SA government, its a private company.

And for some reason SA didn't put up a fight? No diplomatic outburst? You guys and your super weak theories and rumours!!!
Abeg, Okah is a drowning man whose new found lovers will soon be put to shame.
Re: Henry Okah In Contact With October 1 Bombers - South Africa Police by confetti(f): 2:36pm On Oct 15, 2010
oyb:


what do you expect from a love-peddler of conscience?

comical beaf thinks he's talking to his simple minded ilk in the village who will swallow everything hook, line and sinker

the governemnt is contradicting itself right left and center - gej says its not mend, later he says he dd not absolve mend - he invites some criminals to aso rock to tell us okah is not the leader of mend, his ag tells sa police that okah is the mend mastermind

and so on and so forth

I love this, Shows a whole lot of maturity.
Re: Henry Okah In Contact With October 1 Bombers - South Africa Police by xterra2(m): 3:11pm On Oct 15, 2010
[size=14pt]Mr President you know who ? Why didnt you tell us, Instead of saying it is not MEND but i know the people responsible,just say it is not MEND and i know the people involved and they are , ,, , , -Thats all but instead the inexperienced man caused the confusion and brought politics into the issue that 2 weeks after we are still hearing about the bomb and i can say that the end of the news is not near

No really,mr president used his mouth to say he knows who and the person/group/people then why didnt he tell us?

Also,the American and British who provided the intelligence knows who the real bombers are , the info cant just land on their desk and the real boombers names are in the drawer of Mr president's desk in the presidential villa



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Re: Henry Okah In Contact With October 1 Bombers - South Africa Police by Nobody: 3:16pm On Oct 15, 2010
stiyke:

Really?
Am so proud of GEJ the he is now commander in chief of Nigeria and South Africa. Ohh i love this man. When i get to be president, i willl be CinC of the whole Africa.  grin

http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5625396-146/interpol_search_militant_leaders_south_african.csp


nterpol search militant leader’s South African home

By Elor Nkereuwem

October 1, 2010 05:40AM
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Following an alleged intelligence report that there are planned attacks in Abuja by the popular militant group, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), during the 50th anniversary celebrations, the Nigerian government allegedly prompted the South African Police to invade the Johannesburg home of Henry Okah, the leader of MEND, in the early hours of yesterday.

Sources who spoke in confidence with NEXT revealed that over 30 South African police officers smashed down Mr Okah’s doors and gained entry into his home at about 3am South African time, with sophisticated weapons in full display as well as about six sniffing dogs, at the instance of the federal government of Nigeria.

“We have been told that the Nigerian government informed the South African police that it is imperative that Mr Okah’s home is searched yesterday because they would find arms and explosives. The federal government has been sending spurious petitions to the South African government about Mr Okah, alleging all kinds of things.

“They said he is exporting arms and explosives from South Africa into Nigeria. But when the South African police invaded his home, they found nothing. Even with their sniffing dogs, they did not find anything,” a source said to NEXT yesterday in Abuja.

Reports have it that the search at Mr Okah’s home, which lasted for about 10 hours, from 3am till about 1pm, yielded neither explosives nor arms.

Ima Niboro, the spokesman for the federal government neither responded to the phone calls nor the text messages sent to him to make enquiries about the role of the presidency in the role.

Federal government’s gripe

Although the Umaru Yar’Adua led government released Mr Okah from a 13-month long detention and granted him amnesty in 2009, unconfirmed reports state that Mr Okah’s name has been placed on the INTERPOL red alert in Nigeria, in connection with arms and drug trafficking.

Emmanuel Ojukwu, the spokesman of the Nigerian Police, has denied any knowledge of the raid. Mr Ojukwu, who told NEXT in Abuja that he is also the spokesman for the INTERPOL in Nigeria, said that he was unaware that Mr Okah’s name had been placed on red alert by the INTERPOL.

“I have no information. I am not aware of that. I speak for the Nigerian police and the INTERPOL and I am not aware of either the invasion or any red alert cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy,” Mr Ojukwu said in a telephone interview.

Mr Okah, in response, said that he was unshaken but that he was upset that his children were frightened by the police officers who tore down their bedroom doors and barged into their rooms with rifles.

“I am not surprised by the federal government’s actions. What I am surprised at is that the South African government would allow themselves to be used by Nigerians. I am, however, not moved by whatever means the government is trying to use to intimidate me. I am constantly fighting against the oppression of my people in the Niger Delta,” Mr Okah said in a statement obtained by NEXT.

bite on that - or do you think this is 1984 in oceania?
Re: Henry Okah In Contact With October 1 Bombers - South Africa Police by Beaf: 3:23pm On Oct 15, 2010
oyb:

http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5625396-146/interpol_search_militant_leaders_south_african.csp

bite on that - or do you think this is 1984 in oceania?

We will soon help you build a shrine to Henry Okah. grin grin grin

stiyke:

@ Oyb,

Y are you jittery? let the investigations proceed and conclude, lets not conclude otherwise till the security agencies complete their work.

Best question here.
Re: Henry Okah In Contact With October 1 Bombers - South Africa Police by Nobody: 3:29pm On Oct 15, 2010
Beaf:

We will soon help you build a shrine to Henry Okah. grin grin grin


beaf, can't you answer my questions - are you finally admitting what i said all along, that your precious mend headed by the criminal mastermind henry okah is a terrorist group?

do you admit that you were lying all those times when you said mend is nothing more than an 'object of interest? cheesy cheesy cheesy
Re: Henry Okah In Contact With October 1 Bombers - South Africa Police by vedaxcool(m): 3:30pm On Oct 15, 2010
oyb:

i am always irritated when i have to listen to self hating retards who have no problem believing oyibos are better than them. fortunately, i am competent enough not to be cursed with such low self esteem and self doubt

back to topic

Man Love your stand as it should baffle any the kind of incompetence we see in our govt.

xterra2:

[size=14pt]Mr President you know who ? Why didnt you tell us, Instead of saying it is not MEND but i know the people responsible,just say it is not MEND and i know the people involved and they are  ,  ,, , ,  -Thats all but instead the inexperienced man caused the confusion and brought politics into the issue that 2 weeks after we are still hearing about the bomb and i can say that the end of the news is not near

No really,mr president used his mouth to say he knows who and the person/group/people then why didnt he tell us?

Also,the American and British who provided the intelligence knows who the real bombers are ,  the info cant just land on their desk and the real boombers names are in the drawer of Mr president's desk in the presidential villa



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My guy that is the level of incompetence that Nigerians are made to face. I almost thought a village headmaster was talking, I know who took some yams from the farms, man quite local. grin
Re: Henry Okah In Contact With October 1 Bombers - South Africa Police by Nobody: 3:32pm On Oct 15, 2010
can beaf please try to articulate our federal govs exact position on this saga

was october 1 carried out by ibb and dokpesi using rougue mend elements

or

was it executed by Okah who according to asari dokubo inteneded to assasiante gej (and gave 5 days warning of this? cheesy cheesy)
Re: Henry Okah In Contact With October 1 Bombers - South Africa Police by Nobody: 3:37pm On Oct 15, 2010
this sums up what we have so far

jomo gbomo spokesman for mend, keeps tossing the ball between ibb and okah

meanwhile 12 bodies are turnin in their graves and their families have given up on justice while the idiot keeps flip flopping

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