The number of persons who have to pay for the Abuja 2010 Independence Day Celebrations twin car bombings has jumped to two, as on Friday, an Abuja man was sentences to life in prison for his involvement.
The man, Edmund Ebiware was accused of having knowledge of the planned attacks beforehand and failing to report it. The court said that Ebiware knew that Henry Okah, a key figure in MEND (Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta), the most prominent militant group in the oil producing Niger Delta region which was responsible for the bombings which killed 12 people, was planning an attack against the Nigerian government which would cause mayhem.
Federal High Court Justice Gabriel Kolawole ruled that Ebiware "had foreknowledge that Mr Henry Okah was planning an attack against the government which would strike and cause mayhem in Nigeria."
Three other suspects were also charged in Nigeria over the bombings, including Henry Okah’s brother Charles Okah, who along with a third suspect are awaiting trail, while the fourth suspect died in prison.
Earlier in the week, Henry Okah was convicted by a South African court of the same bombings, and faces a sentence of life.
2013 is a year of retribution and atonement for crimes committed. . .
. . . We can just feel it.
News Source: Vanguard Newspapers
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