Omo_Tier1:


My take in all of these unfolding drama is Henry is proving by the day that He is a nutter, and He display in court follows same pattern of other illicit Arms dealers who have been tried in the court in he past.

na_so:

Kindly furnish us with your source that ben jessy and chima orlu are no longer wanted by the SSS? Do you know the names of the 9 other suspects so far arrested? People  just talk rubbish to defend their initial position.  Okah has now denied granting aljazeera the much celebrated interview, why not weigh this against your initial position here?

Nigerian former militant leader Henry Okah was expected to appear in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court for the second day of his bail hearing on Friday.

In his previous appearance on Thursday Okah looked comfortable in the dock during most part of the hearing and shared a smile and wink with his wife Azuka Okah who was seated in the public gallery.

The court heard evidence from the State opposing Okah's bail.

“The accused had an interview with Al-Jazeera television network without authorisation from the police,” said State prosecutor Shaun Abrahams.

This was one of the grounds the State would use to try and convince Magistrate Hein Louw to refuse the 45-year-old former Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) leader his bail.

A military uniform, data from computers and letters confiscated from Okah's home in Mondeor, south of Johannesburg, in the early hours of September 13, were also presented as evidence during the bail application.

In his affidavit, Okah denied any involvement in the October 1

dual car bombing that claimed 12 lives in Nigeria's capital Abuja.

“I am innocent and I challenge the State to give evidence linking me to the crime,” his attorney Rudi Krause read from the 32-page document.

He was arrested in Johannesburg a day after the attacks, after being identified as being “the mastermind behind the bombings”.

MEND claimed responsibility for the attacks, but denied Okah had been involved.

A former marine engineer, Okah said although he sympathised with the struggle of the poor in the oil-rich Nigeria, he had never involved himself in any violence.

He faces charges of engaging in terrorist activities, conspiracy to engage in terrorist activity, and delivering, placing and detonating an explosive device.

He currently holds permanent residency in South Africa and earns a living through his security company.

According to his affidavit, police and the army raided his house twice. These searches, one on September 13 and another on October 2, were illegal and did not find any incriminating evidence.

Okah recounted how he and his family were made to stand outside their house while police seized their cellphones and computers. He also questioned the logic behind his arrest on September 13 and subsequent release.

The Nigerian government could sentence him to death if he were to be extradited and found guilty of the crime.

Okah was arrested in Angola three years ago and transferred to Nigerian custody. He was released as part of an amnesty programme offered to militants in the Niger Delta, the heart of Nigeria's oil industry. - Sapa

chosen04:

Do you mind that dude called Dappssee . . . . . . . .Talking as if Nigeria is an Ideal country . . .

Abagworo:

It is either some commentators are insane or they were bribed and therefore dumped every form of truth.Okah is being framed and everything he is saying is simply the truth.FG is really afraid of the truth being exposed.You guys can't believe how Nigeria is run.Tompolo owns NDDC office in Port Harcourt.He is awarded non-existent contract and paid in advance.Anybody can walk into "Dappa Priye house" and verify what I have written.Henry Okah has refused to be bribed.

tkb417:

the sooner they get rid of the man, the better for the country

unnecessary distraction

Abagworo:

It is either some commentators are insane or they were bribed and therefore dumped every form of truth.Okah is being framed and everything he is saying is simply the truth.FG is really afraid of the truth being exposed.You guys can't believe how Nigeria is run.Tompolo owns NDDC office in Port Harcourt.He is awarded non-existent contract and paid in advance.Anybody can walk into "Dappa Priye house" and verify what I have written.Henry Okah has refused to be bribed.

Kobojunkie:

How can the man be an unnecessary distraction. The government was set to put him away for this and announce victory in solving the October 1st bombing almost immediately(in fact even before since Okah was first searched the very day of or day before the bombing) after the bombings took place. But for the delays, we are now made to see that the government never had overwhelming evidence for such a move in the first place.  And you call this unnecessary distraction?

df2006:

best is to watch this cyber fools continue their stupidity, even if jesus said something they will come here and criticize, i never see people like this before, shakes head and leaves,

Kobojunkie:

How can the man be an unnecessary distraction. The government was set to put him away for this and announce victory in solving the October 1st bombing almost immediately(in fact even before since Okah was first searched the very day of or day before the bombing) after the bombings took place. But for the delays, we are now made to see that the government never had overwhelming evidence for such a move in the first place.  And you call this unnecessary distraction?

usbcable:

@oyb,
seems you know okah more than he knows himself.

tkb417:

and when you grant amnesty to criminals to dissuade them from perpetrating evil, they suddenly become a friend of the Govt?

what is warped in Kobos logic?

one quick question, did they grant Okah amnesty too?

Okah accepts amnesty

Anthony Smart with REUTERS reports

July 9, 2009 08:03PM


Nigerian militant leader, Henry Okah, who is on trial for gun-running and treason, has accepted a government offer for "unconditional" amnesty, his lawyer told Reuters on Thursday.

Nigeria's president, Umaru Yar' Adua, last week ordered his interior minister to extend the amnesty offer to Okah and promised to release him if he accepted.

"They offered it to him yesterday. Okah welcomed the amnesty," one of Okah's lawyers, Wilson Ajuwa, said by telephone. "We are in the process of finalising it. Hopefully, it will be resolved early next week."

He declined to say when he expected Okah to be freed.

The release of Okah has been one of the key demands from the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), the country's most prominent militant group that has launched an intensified campaign of violence against the oil sector in the last six weeks.

President Yar'Adua approved the immediate release of Mr. Okah before departing for the G8 Summit in Italy.


MEND reacts

In a quick reaction, MEND through its spokesperson Jomo Gbomo welcomed the release of Mr. Okah and also welcomed the appointment of Mr. Timi Alaibe as Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta affairs. Gbomo indicated a willingness to negotiate with the federal government following today's events. The full text of the email sent to NEXT follows:

The recent appointment of Mr. Timi Alaibe as the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs by the Nigerian government is a humble and welcome development that is in line with the two pronged approach of our current campaign codenamed Hurricane Moses.

With this channel of communication finally opened, MEND will put together it's Aaron team of frank negotiators to pass our demands and expectations to the President through Mr. Alaibe, a man we respect and can work with.

MEND does not believe the current amnesty offer is directed at freedom fighters because there is no room for any form of dialogue and the issues that provoked armed agitation was never featured.

We support Henry Okah's decision to accept any deal that will ensure his early release to attend to his failing health under the current circumstances. Since he has no weapons to surrender, the deal should be a straight forward one except the government has another trick up its sleeve.

dappssee:


No government will want to have anything to do with an illegal arms dealer in the purchase of arms.

dappssee:

@Chosen or dumped. Better choose your words carefully. [b]I'm not saying Nigeria is an ideal country and USA isn't either.

If your brain doesn't have a logic feature, I dont think you should throw it in my face

tkb417:

you know what; i dont care about GEJ and the bomb fiasco

all i want is extra judicial cancelling of those blood thirsty criminals called militants/ ex militants

they dont deserve to live

Kobojunkie:

How about the TRUTH? How about JUSTICE? Do you not care about those either?

Omo_Tier1:

@chosen04: From your post in other threads and this very thread, I can conclude that you have a perpetual disdain for Nigeria which have beclouded your true sense of reasoning. More often than not, you barely discuss the subject matter on the thread; rather you go about trolling on what the FG can and can not do! Why don't you stick to the topic in the thread?

Omo_Tier1:

My take in all of these unfolding drama is Henry is proving by the day that He is a nutter, and He display in court follows same pattern of other illicit Arms dealers who have been tried in the court in he past.

tkb417:



let those criminals die first. we'll deal with the other 'evil' later

in maths, its called elimination by substitution

tkb417:

Truth and Justice will be served afterwards
let those criminals die first. we'll deal with the other 'evil' later
in maths, its called elimination by substitution

abuc:

That means Alhaji Asari Dokubo has been right all this while when he claimed that the guy who granted interview
with Aljezeera was Okah Younger brother. Dokubo is an intellectual anyway. No wonder the conflic between Him
and Okah when Okah discovered that this Asari is famous and intelligent than him. Dokubo has been shouting out
loud for over 2 years now that Okah is a criminal who have taste for unmerited wealth. Infact, that's the main reason
why he hate  him with passion. I think the federal government should appoint Asari To be a member of our intelligent unit
because he's more INTELLIGENT than most of them over there.  PERIOD,

tkb417:

Oyb and Kobo
my stand has always been clean out these terrorists branded as militants
if the strategy is to start the elimination one by one- PERFECT!!!!
the last time i checked, Boma George has been eliminated by the people that used him
if this is gangsterism/ dictatorship- then thats the only panacea to lasting peace in the ND region and Nigeria at large
Those guys = menace to the society
get rid of them - all of them

tkb417:

Oyb and Kobo

my stand has always been clean out these terrorists branded as militants

if the strategy is to start the elimination one by one- PERFECT!!!!

the last time i checked, Boma George has been eliminated by the people that used him

if this is gangsterism/ dictatorship- then thats the only panacea to lasting peace in the ND region and Nigeria at large

Those guys = menace to the society

get rid of them - all of them

oyb:

dokubo is an intellectual  

wetin man no go hear for this nl --

abi you think by wearing beret u become che Guevara  

i always laugh when i remember his failed hunger strike when the fg incarcerated him - did he last 8 hours