LEADER of
the defunct Movement for Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND, Henry Okah, serving
a 24-year jail term for terrorism in South Africa and four other inmates,
attempted breaking jail.
Spokesman
for South Africa’s Department of Correctional Services, Manelisi Wolela, who
confirmed the botched effort told reporters: “I can confirm that Okah is
one of the five inmates that attempted to escape and whose efforts were
foiled.”
He did
not give details of the attempted escape from Leeukop Prison in Northern
Johannesburg that is said to have taken place last month.
