Leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Henry Okah, has been sentenced to 24 years imprisonment for his role in the October 1, 2010 independence day bombing in Abuja.
Okah was sentenced on Tuesday morning in South Africa by the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg.
“Effectively, the accused (Okah) is therefore sentenced to 24 years imprisonment,” Judge Neels Claassen was quoted by the South African news agency, SAPA, as having said during judgement.
Okah was found guilty of the 13 count charge, all terrorism related.
Claasen had found him guilty on January 21, 2013 but reserved ruling.
The postponement of the judgment was to give Okah the opportunity of mitigating the sentence.
No fewer than 12 persons were killed during the Abuja bomb blast on October 10, 2010.
Okah was also found culpable of the March 15, 2010 bombing in Warri, Delta State.
Claassen sentenced Okah to 12 years imprisonment for each of the bombings and 13 years for the threats made to the South African Government after his arrest in October 2010.
The 13 years would run concurrently with the 24 years.
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