The Convener of the Niger Delta
People’s Congress, Chief Mike Loyibo, has demanded the immediate release of
Henry Okah and several others incarcerated in connection with the October 1,
2010 Abuja bombings.
Okah is currently serving a
24-year jail term in South Africa for allegedly masterminding a series of
terror attacks, including the twin bombings which killed 12 people in Abuja
during Independence Day celebrations in 2010.
His younger brother, Charles
Okah, is being held in Kuje Prison over the same crime.
Loyibo told newsmen in Yenagoa,
Bayelsa State, on Thursday, that the Federal Government should consider
political solution in the interest of sustainable peace and justice.
The Niger Delta leader stated,
‘’We want a robust approach to a sustainable peace in the region. The Federal
Government should take advantage of the ongoing process to heal wounds and
ensure justice for all stakeholders.
“The Federal Government of Nigeria should
consider as a matter of urgency and goodwill, a political solution to resolve
once and for all, the continued incarceration of Henry Okah and several other
persons following the trumped up charges of treason and terrorism brought
against them by the government in the aftermath of the October 1, 2010 bombings
in Abuja.
“You can imagine Charles Okah has
not been convicted, yet he has been in prison for more than four years. ‘But
look at Nnamdi Kanu of the Independent People of Biafra, he was granted bail,
why will Charles Okah not be granted bail? You granted bail to Kanu, why can’t
you grant bail to Charles Okah too? Henry Okah is in faraway South Africa
suffering for no reason.
“The government gave amnesty to
our people. If people were given amnesty, whatever they (militants or
agitators) did during that period, amnesty proclamation should cover them.’’
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