President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday stated that the estranged
leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) Henry
Okah was paid to assassinate him when he masterminded bomb attacks
within the premises where Nigeria was celebrating its 50 years
independence anniversary.
The President stated this at the Tafawa
Balewa Square, Lagos in a PDP rally where he predicated his statement on
a headline he read in a national daily which read that MEND dumps
Jonathan.
According
to him, the leader of MEND was one Okah who is currently imprisoned
alongside his wife in South Africa. He said his trial was in South
Africa and not in Nigeria where one can say it is manipulated by the
President. ”Now the same Okah who is in jail abroad is now endorsing
some people through his group,” Jonathan said.
Jonathan then asked; ”Is this the kind of Nigeria you want where a group
like MEND will be endorsing party candidates?” To this, the crowd he
was addressing yelled: ” No!” ...DailyPost
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