Charles Okah who is a leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) has escaped from Kuje prison.
According to Sahara Reporters, Okah who is the brother of Henry Okah escaped on Friday, June 25 by scaling the high fence of the prison walls.
Okah has been on trial for the 2010 Independence Day bombing that killed 27 people during the country’s 50th independence anniversary.
The escape happened around 7:30 pm and he reportedly jumped the prison walls with another inmate.
Security operatives have begun a massive manhunt to apprehend him.
Henry who is the senior Okah has since been convicted by a court in South Africa.
MEND which used to be a notorious militancy group eventually accepted the federal government’s amnesty and stopped the destruction of pipelines and kidnap of oil workers.
Okah infamously tried to commit suicide in court in 2015 after he addressed Justice Gabriel Kolawole and claimed that former president, Goodluck Jonathan was responsible for his travails.
He had said: “I have been incarcerated for about five years now, and I have a family to cater for.
“My children would grow up without feeling the warmth of their father. I am tired of this endless trial.”
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