The State Security Service (SSS) yesterday, said that Henry Okah, a suspected leader of the Movement of the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) was connected to the March 15 bombings in Warri, Delta State.

Marilyn Ogar, assistant director of public relations for the service, said Mr. Okah, who is standing trial in South Africa as a suspect in the twin car bombings in Abuja on October 1, used the same people to orchestrate the two acts.

“Those behind [the bombings] have been unmasked by the State Security Service,” she said. “The perpetrators have also been arrested.”

Same method

The March bombing disrupted the post amnesty conference organised by Vanguard Media Limited, publishers of Vanguard newspapers in Warri, killing one person.

“I got frightened and was practically forced out of my lane. To my utter shock, the driver neither stopped nor showed any sign of remorse, following the incident. So, I quickly went  after him to draw  his attention, lo! And behold, what I got in return was the unexpected, showers of insults  by the driver and occupants of the vehicle who called unprintable me names.” she recounted.

Continuing, she added “that got me infuriated as I started trailing them.  Just then, the driver swerved the road, forcing, me to slow down and subsequently blocked me. Then all of a sudden, and  deliberately, the truck stopped and intentionally reversed straight unto my front grill hitting me violently in the presence of other road users and thereafter sped off.

It was then I realized that they were actually on a convoy and then I called my family and my lawyer who advised that I should record the happenings with my phone.”

Apparently, the realization that I was recording the incident infuriated them as they suddenly gave me a hot chase and in the process threatened to shoot me if I did not open my car. Unfortunately opening the car was my greatest undoing as they pounded on me, snatching my cell phone,ransacked  my car and later disappeared  with my laptops and some of my other valuables.

“My lawyer had since filed in petitions to the office of the Honorable Speaker and nobody had neither called nor written to say anything about the incidence.” he said.