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Leadership (Abuja)Abuja - An Abuja High Court yesterday ordered that detained leaders of Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), Henry Okah and Edward Atatah, should be given access to their lawyers, doctors and families.
The court, headed by Justice Babs Kuewumi granted an exparte application brought before it by counsel to the MEND leaders, Femi Falane.
Lagos — Respite yesterday came the way of Henry Okah, the detained leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) when a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the federal government to give his family and lawyers access to him in detention.
Leadership (Abuja)
Abuja — An Abuja High Court yesterday ordered that detained leaders of Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), Henry Okah and Edward Atatah, should be given access to their lawyers, doctors and families.
Daily Trust (Abuja)Abuja - The detained leaders of a Niger Delta militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Mr Henry Okah and Edward Atatah have filed a suit challenging their detention at an Abuja Federal High Court.
Leadership (Abuja)Niger Delta - Government yesterday declared that the leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), John Okah, is being interrogated for eight alleged crimes, including murder, gun running, secession and armed robbery, and was at no time killed.
Abuja — The detained leaders of a Niger Delta militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Mr Henry Okah and Edward Atatah have filed a suit challenging their detention at an Abuja Federal High Court.
Leadership (Abuja)
Niger Delta — Government yesterday declared that the leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), John Okah, is being interrogated for eight alleged crimes, including murder, gun running, secession and armed robbery, and was at no time killed.
Leadership (Abuja)Niger Delta - Detained Nigerian oil delta rebel leader Henry Okah is alive, a spokesperson for Nigeria's president said on Tuesday, dismissing an earlier report from his armed group that he had been shot dead.
"I know that Henry Okah is alive. He is in safe custody," said Olusegun Adeniyi, spokesperson for President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua. He added however, that his case was being handled by the office of the National Security Adviser.
This Day (Lagos)Port Harcourt - The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has asked the Federal Government to allow an independent team to verify its claim that one of their their leaders, Henry Okah has not been killed.
Leadership (Abuja)
Niger Delta — Detained Nigerian oil delta rebel leader Henry Okah is alive, a spokesperson for Nigeria's president said on Tuesday, dismissing an earlier report from his armed group that he had been shot dead.