Nigeria: Okah Seeks Review of Case, Offers to Mediate in N'delta Crisis

1 February 2013

Convicted leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) Henry Okah, has asked a Johannesburg High Court to allow him call witnesses to testify, for mitigation of his sentence.

The court at its last sitting on January 21 found Mr. Okah guilty of conspiracy to commit terrorism by masterminding two car bomb attacks in Abuja, Nigeria's capital, on October 1, 2010.

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