Henry Okah leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta; Ufot Ekaette Minister of the Niger Delta; William Ruto Minister of Agriculture Kenya; Gill Marcus newly-appointed Reserve Bank Governor South Africa...
When Henry Okah a MEND leader on trial in Nigeria on charges of treason and gunrunning was arrested in Angola in 2007 Nigerian officials said he was plotting against President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo in Malabo...
All the manoeuvring and posturing in the past few months has happened in the context of government peace initiatives but also during the trial in camera of Henry Okah accused of trading arms for MEND...
Vol 48 No 23 |
- NIGERIA
- ANALYSIS
The first event was the arrest of Henry Okah leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) in Angola on 3 September amid claims that he runs a network in Southern Africa that arms militants in the Delta...
Henry Okah (aka Jomo Gbomo) is an Ijaw arms dealer operating in Southern Africa who is 'chief emailer' and spokesman for MEND...
This was Henry Okah who 'asked me if I was engaged in bunkering or a recipient of government patronage to be so committed to the struggle'...
Asari was suddenly moved from police detention to the state security service's headquarters claiming that 'The top police officer is a known accomplice of Henry Okah and so you can imagine I put one and one together to get two'...
On 3 September Henry Okah was apparently arrested with a weapons manuals at Luanda airport...
This arrest has not silenced the email voice of Henry Okah/Jomo Gbomo...