Kobojunkie:
You know what  . . . if putting me on one side is what you must do . . . . go right ahead. . . I really am not going to get into this with you anymore. I have already stated what I see from where I sit on this and if that is too hard for you to grasp, it's understandable!

I do want to know what the inconsistencies you continue to mention as that is part of why I love to debate cases?  And please do not repeat the same old rubbish arguments that many of those who failed to read and assimilate the interview messages continue to repeat.

Kobojunkie:

Please read . . .There was a phone call AS WELL AS a text message from the official. There is no denial of a phone call from the said aide.

Are you certain of the portion in bold? Okah is being held somewhere, how did this message get to him in South Africa? By Email? Phone call? What media? Please inform us so we are updated on this . .

Mr. Okah’s South African lawyer, Piet Dupleiss, in a telephone conversation with NEXT, said that his client could receive calls whilst in custody, but that he could not make calls from within the cell.

“Mr. Okah does not have access to his personal phone,” he said. “However, with permission he can receive calls on the official prison phone.”

During a call to Mrs Okah in South Africa on Friday, she asked to get clearance from her husband and call back. She did, and fielded questions.

Later, a man claiming to be Mr Okah called and spoke with us. Excerpts:

Phone-calls from detention

This is a civilised country where phone calls are not a special privilege. I can make calls anytime I want to. I am aware of efforts by the federal government to debunk my phone conversation with Al-Jazeera as a hoax, trying to make it seem like the call to Al-Jazeera was not real. To dispel this, I am going to talk to the BBC and CNN.

Claim that the federal officials asked him to implicate the north

Yes, let me confirm to you that government officials, who I will not name now, called me and made the appeal. I also have a text message which reads:

“Please, reach out to MEND and ask them to retract the statement and the government will blame the Northern elements.”

Status of the text after his phone was seized by prosecutors

I have saved the message on another phone. Shortly after I got the text message, Dopkesi (IBB’s campaign manager) was arrested. I will not release the message now because if I do, the next thing they will say is that someone/IBB has paid him to do this. As they continue to sour my name the more, I will release the message. I am also in no hurry to release this message yet, because we are fighting the system, not Jonathan. So I don’t want it to be seen as if I am giving an undue advantage to anybody. I will release everything I have and leave the public to judge.

The officials that sent the text

I cannot tell that now. I understand the sensitivity of the whole drama and I will definitely play my cards right when the time comes I will reveal them.

Being described as a terrorist I am a sympathiser and not a terrorist. Let me tell you now that those thugs assembled in Abuja have no control in creeks. Only Boyloaf and Farah Jack are the real MEND members amongst those paraded on Tuesday. Let them know that there are still weapons and people in the creeks still willing to fight. For every 1,000 weapons in the creeks, there are 1001 people willing to fight.

His charge by the South African government

They searched my house and found nothing. Yet government said I sent warning emails and everybody knows that emails can easily be tracked.

citizenisb:

There is a report which says the average IQ of Nigerians is 65(mental retardation is below 70).

IBB AND OKAH ARE ALMOST BEING TURNED HEROES AS YOU BELIEVE THE WORDS OF HUNGRY,BRIBED JOURNALISTS STOKING YOUR RETARDED EMOTIONS. PLEASE TELL ME WHAT IS WRONG WITH NIGERIANS, CAN'T THEY THINK?

A COUNTRY DESERVES THE LEADERSHIP IT GETS
NIGERIA- THE COUNTRY OF RETARDS.

frankkie:

Dear Sir,

I am surprised that Nigerians have not realised that Mr. Okah is a big part of the Independence Day Bomb Blast puzzle.

The issues seem very clear to me. The chain of events immediately after the blast indicate a high level conspiracy on the part of a group of people to destabilise the President by any means necessary.

First, why would a Government aide call Okah in South Africa and not any of the other MEND leaders in Nigeria to retract their statement? Afterall Okah denies any involvement in the blast.

Why did Okah grant the interview to Aljazeera except he was being paid to whip up Anti-Jonathan sentiments in the North? Why did the 'Northern elders' pretend to capitalise on that to ask for the President's resignation? Why have some of these people now gone to court to compel the National Assembly to commence impeachment proceedings against the President?

You can see that Okah and his paymasters are just acting out a script. Nigerians should not be fooled. We all know that under all the past presidents in Nigeria no one has ever been asked to resign over such a tragic incident. Recall Boko Haram, Jos killings etc.

I wonder if Henry Okah would be ready to take a lie detector test? He can then tell us who actually carried out the blast!

truly:

Can GEJ group take lie detector test?

ayinba1:

@Babasoty
There is something called 3 way calling-
Okay, just a possibility if Okah really could not make the call.
Okah's man places a call to Okah, put's him on hold, then calls Al- jazeerah and links them up. I was not there and I am not saying that this is what happened but it could very well easily have been.
Here in the US, we watch documentaries of prisoners speaking on the phone ALL THE TIME.
So let us stop flagging this phone call while in prison as it is a non issue.
Secondly, some keep asking how he received text messages while in Prison. The fact that you are a prisoner does not make your cell phone to be cut off from the Network carrier that you subscribe to.
SO yes, it is possible to receive text messages on your phone WHILE YOU ARE IN PRISON ( even DEAD for that matter). All you need is to read it once you have access to the phone ORRRRRR Have your wife read your MISSED CALLS and TEXT MESSAGES to you once you talk to your wife.
To discount the above, the discounter would have to prove that they have been in possession of OKAH's phone from the first time that he was arrested and NO ONE updated him on the calls and texts he had waiting on the phone.
Please, I welcome your very intelligent arguments!

koruji:

He said GEJ's aid told him to pin the bombing on northerners, but he did not provide us with a name: Inconsistency - Do you think someone who would say the foregoing would hold back on the name, time and place, especially if he could use it to get out of jail as in this case?

in•con•sis•tent   ( n k n-s s t nt)
adj.
1. Displaying or marked by a lack of consistency, especially:
a. Not regular or predictable; erratic: inconsistent behavior.
b. Lacking in correct logical relation; contradictory: inconsistent statements.
c. Not in agreement or harmony; incompatible: an intersection inconsistent with the road map.

Henry Okah: On Saturday morning, just a day after the attack, a very close associate of President Jonathan called me and explained to me that there had been a bombing in Nigeria and that President Jonathan wanted me to reach out to the group, Mend, and get them to retract the earlier statement they had issued claiming the attacks.

They wanted to blame the attacks on northerners who are trying to fight against him [Jonathan] to come back as president and if this was done, I was not going to have any problems with the South African government. I declined to do this and few hours later I was arrested. It was based on their belief that I was going to do that that President Jonathan issued a statement claiming that MEND didn't carry out the attack because they were expecting a kind of retraction from the group


Aljazeera: So just to be clear, why do you think that political aide was asking you to ask MEND to make that retraction? What was the reason for that?

Henry Okah: They don't want it to seem as if Jonathan does not have the support of his people, you understand? For months now they have been lying to everybody that everybody is so pleased with Jonathan, that he is going to bring peace to the region which is entirely false.

This attack now was actually going to be a great smear on his aspiration. They just needed the group to retract that statement which was why I was contacted. But I declined to make any such move.

He reaffirmed the accusation made in the Al-Jazeera interview[b] that an official of the presidency did ask to him to exonerate MEND on the Abuja bombings and blame northerners, but refused to divulge the identity of the official. He did however say he saved a text message from the official. He read the purported text message out: "Please reach-out to MEND and ask them to re-tract the statement and the government will blame the Northern elements."[/b]

NEXT asked if his phones were not seized by the South African authorities, and he responded that "I have saved the message on another phone. Shortly after I got the text message, Dopkesi (IBB's campaign manager) was arrested. I will not release the message now because if I do, the next thing they will say is that someone/IBB has paid him to do this. As they continue to sour my name the more, I will release the message."

When asked if he had a hand in the bombings in Abuja, he replied in the negative.

For detailed interview, news and analysis on Abuja bombing, MEND and the Niger Delta get a copy of NEXT on Sunday.

koruji:

He also claimed he has a text message: Inconsistency - When reminded he would not a cell phone under lock and key, he said the text was saved to another cellphone - does that not sound ridiculous to you? It does to me, though it is possible, it remains an inconsistency. Since he claimed SA is a civilized country, all he has to do is have his lawyer enter the text message into evidence. Also, when his phone was seized better believe that everything on was downloaded as evidence. So, I say let's all wait until everything comes out, instead of taking one side or the other - knowing that there are inconsistencies on all sides at this point.

NEXT asked if his phones were not seized by the South African authorities, and he responded: “I have saved the message on another phone. Shortly after I got the text message, Dopkesi (IBB’s campaign manager) was arrested. I will not release the message now because if I do, the next thing they will say is that someone/IBB has paid him to do this. As they continue to sour my name the more, I will release the message.”

When asked if he was directly or remotely involved in the bombings in Abuja, he replied in the negative.

For detailed interview, news, and analysis on Abuja bombing, MEND, and the Niger Delta, get a copy of NEXT on Sunday.

payan:

kobojunkie. the link u gave as a proof of your stand, is very clear about the issue at hand.
here is how it starts

Q: Why should we lower the rates? If people in prison don’t want expensive calls, they should not break the law.

A: People in prison do not pay for the collect calls. That burden falls to the loved ones who have not been convicted of committing a crime. The rates amount to an unfair, backdoor tax on these families.

use your analytical reasoning. Does that sugest to you that  the people in prison use their phones in prison? which rates is the org trying to low?

think and rethink. Henry okah is never allowed in to the prison with his phone.

all those fake phone interview will soon be exposed. Just watch out.

Mr. Okah’s South African lawyer, Piet Dupleiss, in a telephone conversation with NEXT, said that his client could receive calls whilst in custody,[size=14pt] but that he could not make calls from within the cell.[/size]

“Mr. Okah does not have access to his personal phone,” he said. “However, with permission he can receive calls on the official prison phone.”

During a call to Mrs Okah in South Africa on Friday, she asked to get clearance from her husband and call back. She did, and fielded questions.

Later, a man claiming to be Mr Okah called and spoke with us. Excerpts:

Phone-calls from detention

This is a civilised country where phone calls are not a special privilege. I can make calls anytime I want to. I am aware of efforts by the federal government to debunk my phone conversation with Al-Jazeera as a hoax, trying to make it seem like the call to Al-Jazeera was not real. To dispel this, I am going to talk to the BBC and CNN.

Claim that the federal officials asked him to implicate the north

Yes, let me confirm to you that government officials, who I will not name now, called me and made the appeal. I also have a text message which reads:

“Please, reach out to MEND and ask them to retract the statement and the government will blame the Northern elements.”

Status of the text after his phone was seized by prosecutors

I have saved the message on another phone. Shortly after I got the text message, Dopkesi (IBB’s campaign manager) was arrested. I will not release the message now because if I do, the next thing they will say is that someone/IBB has paid him to do this. As they continue to sour my name the more, I will release the message. I am also in no hurry to release this message yet, because we are fighting the system, not Jonathan. So I don’t want it to be seen as if I am giving an undue advantage to anybody. I will release everything I have and leave the public to judge.

The officials that sent the text

I cannot tell that now. I understand the sensitivity of the whole drama and I will definitely play my cards right when the time comes I will reveal them.

Being described as a terrorist I am a sympathiser and not a terrorist. Let me tell you now that those thugs assembled in Abuja have no control in creeks. Only Boyloaf and Farah Jack are the real MEND members amongst those paraded on Tuesday. Let them know that there are still weapons and people in the creeks still willing to fight. For every 1,000 weapons in the creeks, there are 1001 people willing to fight.

His charge by the South African government

They searched my house and found nothing. Yet government said I sent warning emails and everybody knows that emails can easily be tracked.

agabaI23:

How did he get the information that the presidency was trying to discredit his interview with Al-Jazeera that prompted his calling NEXT?

Evil Brain:

Why do Nairalanders always feel the need to insult each other? Must everybody who holds a contrary opinion always be corrupt or stup!d? Honestly, you guys are starting to sound like the Korean communist party.

Our president is saying things that don't make any sense. We have the right to ask why. And we have the right to put those questions to a public forum. The government has a long and proud history of not catching people who commit all kinds of violent acts. They've bungled countless cases in the past and they are trying their best to bungle this one. Every Nigerian has a vested interest in making sure the October 1st bombers are caught. If Henry Okah is innocent, then the real killers will escape to kill again.

Plus the government cannot just come out and accuse somebody of such a heinous crime without any plausible evidence. It would be just as easy for them to blame <insert your favourite politician's name here>. People are saying IBB paid Okah to do it but they might as well say Barack Obama paid Tupac. It makes just as little sense without proof.

All of you who are blindly swallowing the government's half baked theories should remember this: You (or your mother or your child) could be the one standing nearby when the next bomb goes off. If you had any sense at all you'd be asking questions too.

Evil Brain:

Why do Nairalanders always feel the need to insult each other? Must everybody who holds a contrary opinion always be corrupt or stup!d? Honestly, you guys are starting to sound like the Korean communist party.

Our president is saying things that don't make any sense. We have the right to ask why. And we have the right to put those questions to a public forum. The government has a long and proud history of not catching people who commit all. kinds of violent acts. They've bungled countless cases in the past and they are trying their best to bungle this one. Every Nigerian has a vested interest in making sure the October 1st bombers are caught. If Henry Okah is innocent, then the real killers will escape to kill again.

Plus the government cannot just come out and accuse somebody of such a heinous crime without any plausible evidence. It would be just as easy for them to blame <insert your favourite politician's name here>. People are saying IBB paid Okah to do it but they might as well say Barack Obama paid Tupac. It makes just as little sense without proof.

All of you who are blindly swallowing the government's half baked theories should remember this: You (or your mother or your child) could be the one standing nearby when the next bomb goes off. If you had any sense at all you'd be asking questions too.

juman:

Jonathan does not have the understanding, the thinking capacity and the complexity to lead this complex and complicated nation. The Niger Deltans should bring someone else. The best of them. Or is it that Jonathan is the best person for the presidential job from Niger Delta? If it is yes, let give it other zone probably south east.
I fear and pray that there should not be anarchy during his four years as president.