The Abuja Division of
the Federal High Court, on Wednesday, convicted and sentenced Mr.
Charles Okah, the alleged mastermind of the 2010 Independence Day bomb
blast that left twelve persons dead at the Eagle Square in Abuja, to
life imprisonment.
The
court, in a judgment that lasted over fives hours, equally found Okah’s
alleged accomplice, Mr. Obi Nwabueze, guilty and also handed him a life
sentence.
Trial Justice Gabriel Kolawole held that oral and
documentary evidence the Federal Government tendered before the court,
connected the defendants to the October 1, 2010, bomb blast. He held
that the prosecution proved the terrorism charge against the defendants
beyond every reasonable doubt.
The court said there was
evidence that convicted former leader of the Movement for the
Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, Mr. Henry Okah, released funds
the defendants used to purchase cars that were used to detonate bombs in
Delta State on March 15 and in Abuja on October 1, 2010.
From Vanguard.