Festus Feyamo Alleges Plan To Kill Henry Okah In Prison

Charles Okah, one of the accused persons being tried for
the October 1, bombing in Abuja, Barrister Festus Keyamo
has alleged attempt to kill his client, following refusal by
prison officials to administer High Blood Pressure drugs on
him.

In a letter addressed to the Controller General of Nigeria
Prisons and made available to journalists in Abuja
yesterday, Keyamo accused a certain Deputy Controller of
Prisons of refusing to administer the drugs to Okah.

The letter signed by Barrister John Ainetor, Esq and Ms
Benedicta Obanye, both of Keyamo's law firm read: "It is
our brief that on 7th of January, 2014, the Kuje Prisons
Clinic issued a drug prescription for the treatment of the
High Blood Pressure ailment of our client, specifically
Amlodipine 10mg.

"On the 9th of January, 2014 when the wife, Mrs. Okah,
visited our client in Prisons, she was informed that the said
drugs have not been bought due to lack of finance, and as
such, she was requested to purchase them for our client.
Consequently, our client's wife immediately purchased the
said drugs and handed same over to the prisons officer in
charge who seized them and refused to administer same to
our client, thereby denying him medication despite his
critical health condition. The said DCP further said that his
action was based on the press release by the family of our
client on 13th of January, 2014, where they raised alarm
about his health condition and that no one can do anything
about it.

"Sir, the conduct of the prison official is very worrisome, in
addition to several other inhuman treatments meted to our
client in Kuje prisons. These calculated attempts to snuff
life out of him have repeatedly occurred, which include
intentional denial of medication, refusal to administer the
correct and appropriate drugs when prescribed by the
prisons clinic, the initial refusal to fumigate the cell and the
subsequent fumigation while our client was inside; the
discovery of a scorpion in the cell and various other life-
threatening events.

"The foregoing suggests beyond doubt that there is a plot to
kill our client in Kuje prisons. This is more so because our
client, who has only one kidney is hypertensive . It is
noteworthy that it was circumstances of this nature that led
to the death of Tiemkemfa Osovwo (alias General Gbokos)
sometime in 2012. It is likely that similar fate may befall
our client if urgent action is not taken about our complaint"