South African Court Postpones Okah's Sentence

Author:
channelsweb
Publisher:
Channels Television
Publication Date:
1 March 2013
Tags:
Nigeria, South Africa, Legal and Judicial Affairs

The judge presiding over the sentencing of Henry Okah in the Johannesburg High Court, Neels Claassen has postponed the case again to the 18th, 19th, and 20th of March. Although the judge had said he would not allow any other postponement, he said he had to do this in order to give Mr. Okah's new legal team time to get used to the notes left by the old legal team.

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