FG presents witness who allegedly sold car Okah used for Oct 1 bombing

The Federal Government on Friday presented a witness, Ishaka Abba who said he sold a car which may have been used for the October 1, 2010 Abuja bombing.

Led in evidence by the prosecuting counsel, Abba identified one of the defendants charged along with Charles Okah, Obi Nwabueze as the one who approached him to buy the vehicle,a Mazda 626 Saloon car, which had been given to him by a customer for sale.

Abba, who spoke only pidgin English, and had to be aided by an interpreter, stated that he was an automobile electrician based at Oshodi in Lagos.

He made the disclosures at a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja at the resumed hearing of the trial of Okah, the alleged mastermind of the 2010 Independence Day bomb blast that killed twelve persons at the Eagle Square in Abuja.

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According to him, Nwabueze approached him on October 15, 2010, and the deal was sealed two days later, and he never had any contact with Okah throughout.

The court led by trial Justice Gabriel Kolawole, later moved outside to inspect the charred remains of the car, based
on a request from the prosecuting counsel, Dr. Alex Iziyon, SAN.

Justice Kolawole adjourned further hearing on the matter till Monday.

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