SA court sentences Henry Okah as Nigerian presidency expresses pleasure

The Presidency has expressed pleasure over the South African ideally suited court docket of enchantment’s choice to confirm the conviction of Henry Okah to twenty years in prison.
A presidency professional, who desired no longer to be named, confirmed this development to nation house correspondents in Abuja on Saturday.
The court, on October three, located Okah responsible on  out of the 6-matter prices regarding the Warri bombing filed in opposition to him.
The courtroom also upheld the 12-12 months sentence for his function within the Abuja bombing that claimed many innocent lives.
The convictions that were upheld are the ones in admire of the Warri bombing, relating to Okah’s offering finance and system without which the bombings might no longer were finished.
The supply stated that already the Nigerian authorities had written “a measured letter” to the South African authorities, hailing the judicial decision as a large breakthrough closer to putting off terrorism from the continent.
“South Africa has projected itself a long lasting partner to Nigeria inside the battle against terrorism.
“while African countries act at the same time against terrorism, they ship out clean and unambiguous alerts that there may be no more a place for terrorism on our continent,” the source maintained.