The Federal High Court
sitting in Abuja, Tuesday, declined to give the Federal Government the nod to
put the alleged mastermind of the 2010 Independence Day bomb blast that killed
twelve persons at the Eagle Square in Abuja, Mr. Charles Okah, under chains.
Trial
Justice Gabriel Kolawole refused the application which FG made Tuesday through
its lead prosecutor, Dr. Alex Iziyon, SAN.
Charles,
who is a younger brother to ex-leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of
the Niger Delta, MEND, Mr. Henry Okah, who had since been convicted by a South
African Court, is facing terrorism charges alongside one Obi Nwabueze Okah.
He
had on October 6, attempted to commit suicide while his trial was going on, by
jumping down from a window in the courtroom which is situated in the third
floor of the high court complex
Before
his attempt to leap through the window was foiled, Okah who addressed the judge
from the dock, expressed his frustration over what he described as his “endless
trial”.
While
lamenting the continued absence of his lawyer in court, Okah, insisted that
former President Goodluck Jonathan should be blamed for his travails.
“My
life has been put on hold”, he cried, saying he was a victim of a highly
dysfunctional criminal justice system.
“I have been incarcerated for about five
years now, and I have a family to cater for.
“My children would grow up without feeling the warmth of their father. I am tired of this endless trial,” he screamed shortly before he took a chair and smashed the glass covering the window.
“My children would grow up without feeling the warmth of their father. I am tired of this endless trial,” he screamed shortly before he took a chair and smashed the glass covering the window.
-Vanguard
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