Nigeria: October 1 Bombing - Lack of Psychiatric Report Stalls Okah's Trial

6 February 2014

The non-availability of a psychiatric report to ascertain the mental state of Mr. Charles Okah, who was charged for masterminding the October 1, 2010, bombing, yesterday stalled his trial before Justice Gabriel Kolawole of a Federal High Court.

Okah and Obi Nwabueze were charged for masterminding the October 1, 2010, bombing at the Eagle Square, Abuja, where several people died as a result of the explosion.

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