Federal High Court orders psychiatric tests for Charles Okah.
The judge, Justice Gabriel Kolawole, made the order on December 4, 2013, Wednesday, while ruling on arguments by lawyers for the prosecution and defence on whether or not Okah was fit to stand trial.
Okah was brought to court by prison officials on a wheel chair. He could hardly move.
When the case was called, the prison officials merely pushed him to the side of the court room to enable the judge see him.
The lawyer of the defence, John Ainetor, told the court that his client’s health condition has deteriorated. He said Okah could no longer walk, was confined to the wheel chair and “is shaking.”
He accused the prison authorities of denying his client adequate medical attention. The lawyer further told the court that his client could not stand trial in his current state because he was not fit.
The lead prosecution lawyer, Alex Iziyon (SAN), in response said that the first accused person, Okah, was a pretender.
It would be recalled that Charles Okah is being tried with Obi Nwabueze over the 2010 Independence Day twin bombing in Abuja, which caused the death of over 10 people, leaving dozens of others injured.
Four people, believed to be members of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) lead by
One of them, Tiemkemfa Francis Osvwo a.k.a General Gbokos, died later, while another, Edmund Ebiware, who had his trial conducted separately, was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Okah’s co-accused, Obi, moved into the dock.
Source: Legit.ng
