Charles Okah
The Leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) is said to have escape from Kuje prison in Abuja.
Charles Okah the brother of Henry Okah escaped from prison by scaling through the barbwire fence according to Sahara Report.
The militant leader has been in prison for the bombing of independence day bombing in 2010 which resulted to the killing of 27 people during the 50th independence day anniversary.
As at the time of the escape, it was 7:30pm, the report had it that he escaped with another inmate.
It is said the Security Operatives have begun a massive hunt on tracking him down, he was convicted by a court in South Africa before this escape.
Okah is said to have attempted to commit suicide after he addressed Justice Gabriel Kolawole before the attempt he claimed former president, Goodluck Jonathan was responsible for the act.
Furthermore he added "I have been incarcerated for about five years now, and i have a famly to cater for.
"My children would grow up without feeling the warmth of their father. I am tired of this endless trial"
Charles Okah starved himself in order to prevent himself from trial and harassment by the officials of Kuje Prison.
"At the time of writing this letter, our client is as emaciated as a bean pole on account of the hunger strike he has embarked upon, to draw global attention to his plight"
Literally and figuratively speaking, our client is virtually a dead man. If our client dies in prison custody, the entire world, particularly the Ijaw nation and the Niger Delta where our client hails from, shall rise in unison against president Muhammadu Buhari's government, even as we concede the fact that, our client's ordeal began during the tenure of former president Goodluck Jonathan, a fello Ijaw"
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