Terror accused Nigerian Henry Okah will hear on Friday whether his appeal in the Randburg High Court was successful.
|||Terror accused Nigerian Henry Okah will hear on Friday whether his appeal in the Randburg High Court has been successful, his lawyer Rudi Krause said.
Opting not to comment on his expectations after final arguments were heard, Krause said: “I'm at least satisfied that we had a fair hearing.”
He, however, said the conduct of the magistrate, who denied Okah bail in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court late last year was not “what one would have expected from a magistrate”.
Krause failed to convince the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court then that Okah was not the leader of the Movement for the emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), which claimed responsibility for the Nigerian Independence Day bombings.
Following a protracted bail hearing which lasted seven days Okah was denied bail after it came to light that his wife, Azuka had written a letter which declared him a leader of the rebel group.
He faces charges of terrorism, relating to the October 1 twin car bombing in Abuja, Nigeria, which killed 12 people and injured 36.
The National Prosecuting Authority said it was confident that the previous decision would stand.
“We are confident that the judge will confirm the magistrate's refusal of bail,” said NPA spokesperson Mthunzi Mhaga.
Okah's brother Charles and three others were also denied bail in a Nigerian court.
The four were also charged for allegedly kidnapping four Indian, three French and two Russian oil workers between August and October 2010.
Okah is in custody at the Johannesburg Prison. - .
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