Charles Okah and his co-conspirator, Obi Nwabueze were sentenced to life imprisonment by the Federal High Court in Abuja for their ignoble role in the 2010 Independence Day Bombing that led to the death of twelve people.
Charles, who is the younger brother of Henry Okah, the leader of the defunct Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, who had been sentenced to 24 years in jail in South Africa for the same offence.
Justice Gabriel Kolawole, delivering judgment in the case which commenced on December 7, 2010, when the convicts took their pleas, ruled that the prosecution, proved the charges preferred against Charles and Nwabueze beyond reasonable doubt.
The two men were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment as prescribed Sections 15(1) and (2) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (Establishment) Act, 2004, under which they were charged.
