South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday has sentenced the leader of the Movement of the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, Henry Okah, to 24 years in prison.
On 21 January, 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.
Details later.
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I hope he serves every minute of that sentence. If we don’t take such harsh steps against crime in Nigeria, development ‘ll just be a pipe dream. See & it’s becoming a disgrace to us! James Ibori in d U. K. , now henry in SA. Let’s start punishing them ourselves!