He rejected a statement of support for Buhari that was said to come from 'Jomo Gbomo' the nom de guerre of arms trafficker and former MEND-backer Henry Okah (AC Vol 48 No 23 All come to the aid of the party – and fight it out)...
After three years of relative peace the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta has resumed attacks in protest against the conviction of its leader Henry Okah in South Africa for involvement in the 2010 Abuja bombings...
It is said that the Okah family has detested Jonathan ever since he worked for the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua visiting MEND leader Henry Okah in South Africa to urge him into the official amnesty programme in July 2009 only months before his arrest in Angola on arms-trafficking charges...
Kuku’s appointment was welcomed by High Chief Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo the most prominent MEND leader in the Delta in the absence of Henry Okah who is on trial in South Africa on arms-trafficking charges...
He joined Henry Okah’s faction of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta until late 2009 when he accepted the presidential amnesty and surrendered most of his weapons...
Amid the furore over responsibility for the Abuja bombing is a leading figure in the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta Henry Okah whose own statements on the matter are as tangled as the government’s...
A call from Jonathan's government to the South African authorities to arrest MEND leader Henry Okah backfired badly...
Jomo Gbomo MEND's virtual spokesman said the ceasefire had beeen approved after meetings between a MEND leader Henry Okah and Yar'Adua...
Boyloaf claims MEND is holding out because its spokesman Henry Okah wants to continue his lucrative arms trading business...
The attack on Lagos coincided with the government's release of Henry Okah a leading figure in the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta who had been on trial facing charges of gun-running and treason following his arrest in Angola in September 2007...