Charles Okah, the brother of the leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), who was given a life sentence for terrorism, has been secretly moved from Kuje Prisons, Abuja, to one of the prison facilities in Borno State, THISDAY has learnt.

Worried about his seeming familiarity with the prison environment and the officers at the Kuje Prisons, the authorities of the Nigerian Prison Service (NPS) last Tuesday transferred him quietly.

Okah was sentenced to life imprisonment last week over the October 1, 2010 bombing incident in Abuja
Although the prison source did not give the name of the prison, he hinted that Okah might have been transferred to Bama Prisons.

THISDAY gathered that the plan to move him was kept as a top secret to avoid leaks and operational sabotage.
Plans to move him from Kuje prison where he had been held for years was hatched at 3a.m. but was temporarily put on hold for a few hours.

This was because Okah had suddenly claimed that he had a stomach disorder and would not be able to travel such a long distance in such a condition except he was satisfactorily treated.

When he would not budge, this compelled the prison authorities to take him to the prison clinic where he was treated and given some drugs before he was certified fit for the trip.

However, other logistics arrangements crept up and further delayed the team from moving until at about 7a.m. last Tuesday.

To escort him to his new abode were a team of eight highly armed prison warders who accompanied him in two Hilux vehicles.
While one of the vehicles conveyed Okah and three armed guards, the other escort vehicle contained five other warders and a nurse.

According to the source, the plan to move him became necessary as the convict was said to have become too relaxed and conversant with the Kuje prisons and its personnel.
He said: “We do not want a situation where his familiarity with the prison environment will compromise our rules and procedures.”

Meanwhile, Okah was not the only person transferred as his co-accused, Obi Nwabueze, who was also sentenced to life, was transferred to Abeokuta prisons, South-west Nigeria.
Explaining the reason behind the second transfer, the source said: “The plan is to keep both men far away from each other.”

Last week Wednesday, the Federal High Court in Abuja sentenced Okah and his co-defendant, Nwabueze, to life imprisonment for masterminding not just the bomb blasts in Abuja on October 1, 2010, but also an earlier one in Warri, Delta State, on March 15 of the same year.

Meanwhile, Okah’s elder brother, the leader of MEND, Henry, is serving term at Korkstad Prison in the Kwa-Zulu Natal Province of South Africa.

Given that his appeal was recently dismissed by the Constitutional Court of South Africa, and his sentence upheld, he had since instructed his lawyers to seek redress at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

madridguy:
So touching Charles Okah is suffering for GEJ sin. Well, when there's life there's hope.

GEJ rocks Gen Azazi to grave for exposing him about Boko Haram and now Okah is facing life imprisonment for exposing same GEJ for his hand is October 1st bomb blast.

GEJ will forever remain the biggest dictator in Nigeria history.

madridguy:
So touching Charles Okah is suffering for GEJ sin. Well, when there's life there's hope.

GEJ rocks Gen Azazi to grave for exposing him about Boko Haram and now Okah is facing life imprisonment for exposing same GEJ for his hand is October 1st bomb blast.

GEJ will forever remain the biggest dictator in Nigeria history.

saarumann:
That was how they freed Kabiru Sokoto secretly to avoid operational sabotage.

KwaraRat:


You are ignorant ab0ki.

Okah was paid by some aggrieved northerners to do the independent day bombing in order to halt the amnesty program.

GEJ knew this very well.

madridguy:
Continue swimming in ignorance. Okah was labeled as the master minded of the bombing for exposing GEJ deed since he's not in the camp of GEJ like the likes of Asari Dokubo, Tom and so on. GEJ planned the bomb to paint the Northern leaders black and let the whole world see as if they're against his presidency.

madridguy:
So touching Charles Okah is suffering for GEJ sin. Well, when there's life there's hope.

GEJ rocks Gen Azazi to grave for exposing him about Boko Haram and now Okah is facing life imprisonment for exposing same GEJ for his hand is October 1st bomb blast.

GEJ will forever remain the biggest dictator in Nigeria history.

KwaraRat:


Okah was paid by some powerful northerners to do the independence day bombing in order to stall and bring to an end the amnesty program.

It was after this bombing that they started using their own ab0ki BH to bomb upandan.

saarumann:
Exactly. After their plan to stop amnesty program in Niger Delta fail, Buhari went on radio to declare that "Attack on Boko-Haram is an attack on the North" citing special treatment giving to Niger Delta militants who never bomb places of worship as against Boko-Haram terrorist who claimed thousands of lives in 2007.

KwaraRat:


Okah was paid by some powerful northerners to do the independence day bombing in order to stall and bring to an end the amnesty program.

It was after this bombing that they started using their own ab0ki BH to bomb upandan.

KwaraRat:


The ND militants never targetted civilian areas or even security agents. They only targetted oil faccilities and kidnapped expatriate staff of oil companies.

Prio to the independence bombing, Okah also carried out another terrorist bombing in Asaba. His target was an amnesty conference organised by the then state governor of Delta and militants who had embraced amnesty.

Nobody should cry for this traitor called Okah.

madridguy:
So touching Charles Okah is suffering for GEJ sin. Well, when there's life there's hope.

GEJ rocks Gen Azazi to grave for exposing him about Boko Haram and now Okah is facing life imprisonment for exposing same GEJ for his hand is October 1st bomb blast.

GEJ will forever remain the biggest dictator in Nigeria history.

gocac:
This is it.... He is from the south, sentenced AND convicted....

please where is kabiru sokoto? Where is Ali ndume? All the boko haram commanders that were captured by the army for terrorism... Please where are they??
How many of them were sentenced? How many was convicted like charles None! because they are northerners,

I am not trying to justify crime here, if Charles is guilty as charged let him face the music, but why is that northern terrorists are never convicted?

Instead they are discharged and acquitted for lack of evidence, they are tactically traded out of justice in exchange for the release of chibok girls.

FOOOLISH SOUTH!!!

madridguy:
So touching Charles Okah is suffering for GEJ sin. Well, when there's life there's hope.

GEJ rocks Gen Azazi to grave for exposing him about Boko Haram and now Okah is facing life imprisonment for exposing same GEJ for his hand is October 1st bomb blast.

GEJ will forever remain the biggest dictator in Nigeria history.

gurunlocker:


Lol... WTF is this one saying? Can a zombie ever get brain?

madridguy:
So touching Charles Okah is suffering for GEJ sin. Well, when there's life there's hope.

GEJ rocks Gen Azazi to grave for exposing him about Boko Haram and now Okah is facing life imprisonment for exposing same GEJ for his hand is October 1st bomb blast.

GEJ will forever remain the biggest dictator in Nigeria history.

madridguy:
So touching Charles Okah is suffering for GEJ sin. Well, when there's life there's hope.

GEJ rocks Gen Azazi to grave for exposing him about Boko Haram and now Okah is facing life imprisonment for exposing same GEJ for his hand is October 1st bomb blast.

GEJ will forever remain the biggest dictator in Nigeria history.