Vanguard
2 February 2011
The Federal Government, yesterday, said it would not rest on its oars until the four persons accused of masterminding the October 1 bomb blasts that killed 12 persons in Abuja whilst Nigeria
The government made this position known on a day the alleged prime suspect, Charles Okah and his three alleged co-conspirators — Obi Nwabueze, Edmund Ebiware and Tiemkemfa Francis Osvwo a.ka General Gbokos — took turns to challenge the propriety of the criminal charges preferred against them in court.
The government maintained that their prosecution would not only serve as a deterrent to other terrorists within the country, but would also guarantee justice for the families of those that were killed as a result of the explosions.
The accused unanimously pleaded the trial high court yesterday to quash the entire criminal charges against them for want of incriminating evidence linking them with the alleged acts of terrorism and treasonable felony.
Arguing through their counsel, Oghenovo Otemu, Ugochukwu Ezekiel and Ibrahim Idris, the accused persons, maintained that the inability of the prosecuting counsel, Dr Alex Izinyon, SAN, to file the mandatory proof of evidence alongside the substantive charges against them, contravened the procedural requirements for criminal proceedings.
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