Nigerian Militant Arrested in Connection with Abuja Car Bombing

South African prosecutors say a Nigerian ex-militant leader was directly involved in deadly
bombings that struck Nigeria's capital during its independence celebrations.
At a court hearing in Johannesburg Monday for Henry Okah, prosecutors presented a charge sheet accusing Okah of having participated in placing the bombs that killed at least 12 people in Nigeria's capital Abuja this past Friday.
Okah himself made no comment, and Okah's attorneys maintained their client's innocence, saying they would ask a higher court for Okah's release on the grounds that his Saturday arrest in Johannesburg was unlawful.
Okah was once a leader in the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, which has claimed responsibility for the bombings - a claim Nigeria's president, Goodluck Jonathan qualified in a statement Sunday evening, in which he attributed direct responsibility to a foreign group.