Charles Okah, brother of the
leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), has been
transferred to one of the prison facilities in Borno State.
Okah, who was sentenced to life
imprisonment for terrorism last week, was secretly moved from Kuje Prisons,
Abuja, by the Nigerian Prison Service (NPS).
The development was kept as a top
secret to avoid leaks and operational sabotage.
ThisDay reports that he was
transferred due to his seeming familiarity with the prison environment and the
officers at the Kuje Prisons.
The newspaper also said Okah
might have been transferred to Bama Prisons.
Prior to the move, Okah was said
to have suddenly claimed that he had a stomach disorder and would not be able
to travel such a long distance in such a condition.
This compelled the prison
authorities to take him to the prison clinic where he was treated and given
some drugs before he was certified fit for the trip.
He was escorted by a team of
eight highly armed prison warders who accompanied him in two Hilux vehicles.
While one of the vehicles
conveyed Okah and three armed guards, the other escort vehicle contained five
other warders and a nurse.
Aside Okah, his co-accused, Obi
Nwabueze, who was also sentenced to life, was transferred to Abeokuta prisons,
South-west Nigeria.
Explaining the reason behind the
new arrangement, a source said: “The plan is to keep both men far away from
each other.”
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What has this guys being sentence to life imprisonment done that the terrorist bokoharam and killer herdsmen that are being allowed to walk free not done worse. Nigeria is a joke. You, evil leaders are only preparing a ground for major revolt and uprising.
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