OKAHS ACCOMPLICE GETS LIFE IMPRISONMENT

An  Abuja court has sentenced to life in prison Edmund Ebiware for the 2010 independence day bombing that rocked Abuja and killed 12 people.

Edmund Ebiware was accused of having knowledge of the planned attack beforehand and failing to report it. His sentence comes days after the alleged mastermind, Henry Okah, was convicted in South Africa on terrorism charges.

Edmund Ebiware

                 

Federal High Court Justice Gabriel Kolawole ruled that Ebiware “had foreknowledge that Henry Okah was planning an attack against the government and cause mayhem in Nigeria. Ebiware will be eligible for parole after 32 years in prison.

The 2010 bombing shocked the country, occurring a short distance away from where foreign heads of state and dignitaries who had gathered for 50th anniversary celebrations of Nigerian.