Manhunt Begins, As MEND Leader Charles Okah Escapes From Kuje Prison

A leader of the Movement For The Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND, Mr. Charles Okah has escaped from Kuje Prison in Abuja.

Mr. Okah, who is a brother of Henry Okah, also jailed in South Africa, had been on trial in Abuja for the 2010 Independence Day bombing that killed 27 people.

The Paradigm learnt that the younger Okah escaped last night by simply scaling the prison walls of the prison.

He was reportedly in the company on another prison inmate.

A massive manhunt has commenced to find and rearrest him.