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| Henry Okah |
Henry Okah, the embattled leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has been sentenced to 24 years imprisonment by a court in South Africa.
Judge Neels Claassen handed down the sentence at the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg.
Recall that on January 21, Okah was found guilty on 13 counts of terrorism, including engaging in terrorist activities, conspiracy to engage in terrorist activities, and delivering, placing, and detonating an explosive device.
The charges related to two car bombs in Abuja, on October 1, 2010, Nigeria’s Independence Day in which 12 people were killed and 36 injured.
The second bombing took place in Warri on March 15, 2010 at a post amnesty dialogue meeting in which one person was killed and 11 seriously injured.
Delivering judgment today, Judge Claassen sentenced Okah to 12 years imprisonment for each of the bombings and another 13 years for the threats made to the South African government after his arrest in October 2010.
The thirteen years would run concurrently with the 24-year sentence.
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