Okah faces fresh charges, appears in SA Court

Business Day (NAN)

24 August 2011

Okah faces fresh charges, appears in SA Court

South Africa on Wednesday slammed on Henry Okah, a fresh charge of trying to cause harm to an internationally protected person. The case is related to the October 1, 2010 Independence Day bombings in Nigeria.

According to the charge at the High Court in Johannesburg, the internationally protected person in the case relates to President Goodluck Jonathan who was at

Eagles Square

on Oct 1, 2010.

Jonathan attended the 50th independence anniversary when explosives went off in two cars parked nearby. State counsel, Shaun Abrahams, unveiled the charge as part of a five-count charge Okah is to face as he confirmed the case would move from the Magistrate's Court where the case came up, to South Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg for trial on Jan. 30, 2012.