Category: Law
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Nigerian Ijaw group petitions Ramaphosa for the release of militant leader, Okah
“We find it both ironic and egregious that an African National Congress government that is a product of an armed struggle against an oppressive regime is aligning itself with the suppression and repression of the oppressed people of the Niger Delta by an alliance of the Nigerian state and international…
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Nigerian Militant Goes to Court to Stop Parole, Deportation
PRESS RELEASE April 14, 2025 – Henry Okah, a Nigerian oil-region militant leader jailed in South Africa, started a court case in Pretoria on April 15 to halt alleged moves to grant him parole and deport him to Nigeria. The case with number 2025-038124 set for hearing in a Gauteng…
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South Africa’s Constitutional Court Paves the Way for Okah to Make Fresh Filings
Press Release (Updated) South Africa’s Constitutional Court on February 18, 2025, made two orders which essentially pave the way for Henry Okah, the imprisoned leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), to file fresh applications in that court, likely to be considered urgently, challenging his…
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Okah Wins Ruling Against Dismissal of Complaint by South Africa’s Chief Justice
Press Release February 13, 2025 – South Africa’s Judicial Conduct Committee said it set aside the dismissal of a complaint by jailed Nigerian militant leader, Henry Okah, saying that documents he filed in an appeal process were tampered with. A three-member panel of the Judicial Conduct Committee in a February…
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