One of Henry Okah's accomplice, Edmond Ebiwere, was today sentenced to life imprisonment by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja for the 2010 Independence Day bombing that killed 12 people and injured several others. Edmond was arrested on October 2nd in Abuja and was arraigned alongside Henry Okah and his brother Charles Okah.

As Edmond was being led away after the sentence was pronounced, he put up a struggle with the prison guards. See photos after the cut.

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If na aboki,idiot will start calling islam but since na mumu they go keep silent

Its been two months and five days since the students of University of Abuja were unceremoniously asked to go home and the University was shut down due to student unrest over students protest as to the non-accreditation of certain courses. It would be the second time in 2012 alone that the institution would be shut down over the same issue. Now, we are in the last days January 2013, the school is yet to re-open and worst of all, there is no word from school authorities as to any date of resumption, let alone exams.
The protests which began on Monday, 19th November 2012, which was the scheduled date for the commencement of the University's second semester exams, was ignited mainly by aggrieved students of the Faculty of Engineering due to non-accreditation of the engineering courses which has been ignored for long. The protest began on the main campus and quickly spread to the mini-campus in Gwagwalada where other students joined in, lamenting over poor learning conditions and infrastructure.

These protests continued the next day, with the students barricading the Lokoja-Abuja expressway. Security operatives had to be called in to take charge of the situation, and on the 21st of November 2012, the school was shutdown by a circular from the office of the University's Registrar. Members of the Nigerian Army were then called in to evict the students out of the hostels, having them scampering away in different directions, with two cases of female students being beaten mercilessly by the soldiers.

University of Abuja turned 25 on January 1st, 2013, but it is sad to say that the deplorable state and the latest trouble beguiling the institution is hardly anything to roll out the drums to celebrate a silver jubilee. Burdened by the constant strikes, both internal and general, mal-administration, and inadequate monitoring, the institution has known little or no development in its 25-year existence.

Unfortunately, the students have been the ones to bear the brunt of such mis-governance. In an attempt to lessen this, the students of University of Abuja took to Social Media Network - Twitter to raise these long-unanswered questions.

The aim of these visibly aggrieved students was to tweet about the apparent aimlessness of the University, ask for precise dates of resumption and 2nd semester exams for the 2011/2012 academic year and generally, not to be taken for granted. Armed with the hash tag #UnibujaInPeril and constant mentions of Reno Omokri @renoomokri (Special Adviser to the President on New Media), Reuben Abati and Federal Ministry of Information, their goal was clear; to get their voices heard and to get the ear of the government.

Tweets like:

"I have slept 30years worth of sleep from December till date, thanks to Unibuja...I don tire #UnibujaInPeril"

"1 word: FRUSTRATED. 1 slogan: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. 1 Wish: TO SEE A BETTER UNIABUJA. Is that too much to ask? #UnibujaInPeril

"We fight for Admission, fight for seats, fight for grades, now we are fighting to continue fighting. #UnibujaInPeril

"We are tired of being left in the 'Streets', we want to be in our lecture rooms!!! #UnibujaInPeril"


These students have suffered for too long. They were driven out like refugees from their hostels by soldiers, not because they were being naughty, but because they were not given their bread and they asked for it.

This today is the plight of Students of the University of Abuja. We want to go back to school, we want to have a better education, we DO NOT want our futures consumed in this idle stay at home.

Let The Government Come To Our Rescue.

@gabriel_isei

Serve him right.......

And how will this news prevent d super eagles from going hiome in d group stages of the nations cup.

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nyc one....bt wen will dey start sentencing our corrupt politicians..till dat happens, naija judiciary is crap...if only the dude was a wealthy politician am sure by now he wud be a free man...

I believe he was tried fairly and in accordance with the law and so it is justice for the victims of that bombing..... Ps na ein babe dey cry for there ? Make she just go find another nigga o that 1 don go

A conniving stone hearted killer does not react like this when handed a life sentence. This guy obviously has something to say. What does he mean when he says his conviction is political? someone should listen to him. He did not bomb anyone. His offence? He allegedly knew someone will detonate a bomb. What will Mohammed sokoto get?

He is crazy! Why is he fighting it?



Who's that woman crying up there? His wife or mother? Even if she didn't know when he was committing the atrocities leveled against him, by now she musta come to terms with it that her husband/son will amount to no good after judgement gets passed on him.



May you rot in jail... Bas.tard son of a thousand fathers.

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I pray they don't release him quietly sha. Somebody say AMEN!

See wat Gej has put dis man, too bad

So these courts have the capacity to make such sentences all these while..... Yet they allowed uk and SA courts to do their jobs for them.


Arms akimbo!

The guy seemed to be protesting like one who was prosecuted and sentenced unjustly. What's with the scuffle?

And the white regalia?

I thought GEJ said is not mend that did it, infact his circle said it was his opposition, and Raymond Dokpesi was picked and the sss even said they had enough evidence like text messages between him and the foot soldiers, Now no body hears about that case infact Dokpesi is dinning with the govt.

unfortunately, no one really knows if justice was truly served, or if this is just some agenda of team gej to close loose ends

geeez: Are they setting a tone for Henry Okah's judgment?

The other way round. Henry Okah already serving life in SA. Think they were waiting for that.

That serves him right.
Abeg, another news joor

i doubt any of the man's family, esp the women were expecting this - with all the stress of your husband or brother or son being on trial for mass murder, and you still have time to throw on weave on false eyelashes, watch and chain - maybe that's just me sha

i guess they must have had assurances it was all wash / for show

If this guys conviction is anything to go by, more than half the northern population should be handed a life sentence.

Self proclaimed/confessed Boko Haram members got 3 and half years, looters of our commonwealth gets 6-8years... Political bomber gets life... All you GEJ lap dogs any lesson learnt?
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You can't be certain about any judgement from naija whether guilty or not.

trouble,

If culpable , then serves him right! Kabiru Sokoto to follow!!! But wait oo Y did the court wait for SA to convict Okah b4 convicting him? Smells sth fishy here

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the wife does seem impressively turned out.


hmm, that thought alone wouldnt be a good one for the man.

A man described as an accomplice to MEND's leader, Henry Okah in the 2010 Independence Day Bombing in Abuja has been found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment by a Federal High Court in Abuja today.

Edmund Ebiware was arrested on October 2, 2010 at the Bolingo Hotel by the Nigerian secret police[b] for failing to provide the government information about the planning and eventual execution of the bombing that killed 12 people on October 1st 2010 at the Federal capital city of Abuja.[/b]

Justice Gabriel Kolawole presiding at the trial gave a three hour ruling squarely blaming Ebiware for failure to disclose the planned acts of terrorism against the Nigerian state to the appropriate authorities.

The conviction and sentencing of Ebiware did not go down well with him as he became agitated and fought off security agents as they dragged him off to prison.

The accused leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Henry Okah, was also last week convicted for the bombing by a South African high court in Gauteng. He will be sentenced in February 2013.

see what i mean?

https://www.nairaland.com/525370/security-agency-blames-rain-failure

In a curious admittance of laxity, the State Security Service (SSS) has admitted that it received warnings more than 30 hours prior to last week’s Independence Day bombings in Abuja.

It, however, blamed the early morning rain for its lack of ability to nip the deadly acts in the bud. The twin blasts, which killed 16 people, have triggered concerns about national security alertness after the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) claimed it sent warnings to state agencies five days ahead of the killings.

Initial plot foiled

The SSS said on Monday that it nipped an initial plot scheduled two days earlier -Wednesday- by evacuating vehicles around the Three Arms Zone, but said the perpetrators “apparently” mixed with motorists to plant the lethal cars, during the Friday morning rains.

The SSS, in a statement yesterday, said, “On 1st October 2010, the Eagles Square and its environs were effectively cordoned-off and appropriate measures were put in place to prevent any untoward incident. However, the rain showers of that morning provided the leeway for double parking by motorists. In the process, the perpetrators apparently gained access to park on the road side as well.”

leaders from the rest of the world had advance notice of the bombing and shunned the celebrations

the only people not in the know were the average nigerian citizens

we all heard team gej scream dokpesi, babangida, na we do am - but none of the original actors was brought up on charges

the more you look, the less you see

maybe 15 years down the line we will know the real truth about the october 1 bombings

I'm kinda confused really.

Why is he struggling and where is the mastermind of the crime since this one na accomplice?

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THE GUY DID NOT BOMB ANYBODY
He was tried for treason and not mass murder or terrorism. The only crime he committed was having knowledge that a bomb was going to go off and not informing the relevant security agencies.

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Nigeria is a joke!
Oho, so the trial can culminate so speedily eh? But they've been trying Dariye, Nnamani & co for years! ƪoƪ!

These pictures tho.. The one in the black green maria looks ominous and shadowy. Like he's a dark knight.

The one with his babe crying.. Well, that's just..

And the action one where he gave the guard elbow-uppercut that sent him flying?? God bless this photo!

If he is just collateral damage/innocent casualty of a bigger and sinister political picture, then I really wish him godspeed.