Eight
years after, a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sentenced
Charles Okah and Obi Nwabueze to life imprisonment for their role in the
October 1st, 2010 bomb blast in Abuja.
The
presiding judge, Justice Gabriel Kolawole, gave his ruling in accordance
with section 15 sub sections 1 and 2 of the EFCC act.
Both men were earlier today convicted at the Abuja High Court.
The
defendants were earlier arraigned before the High Court in December
2010, and later re-arraigned in January 2011 on charges foretold in
section 15 (1) and (2) of the EFCC Act, which states that when convicted
upon, attracts life imprisonment.
In a
4-hour 30 minutes judgment, Justice Kolawole found the defendants guilty
as charged for being responsible for March 15, 2010, bomb blast which
claimed one life in Warri, Delta State and the October 1st, 2010 bomb
blast near Eagle Square in Abuja which claimed several lives.
The
judge noted that the second defendant, Obi Nwabueze, particularly made
himself available to run illegal errands for Henry Okah who provided
N1.2m used to purchase five fairly used cars deployed for the Warri
blast while Charles Okah, provided the sum of N2m used for the purchase
of the four cars deployed for the Independence Day blast in Abuja.
However,
the court had earlier sentenced a third defendant, Edmund Ebiware, to
life imprisonment on July 27, 2017, for his role also in the Abuja bomb
blast.
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