Charles Okah Reportedly Attempts Suicide | Tries To Jump From 3rd Floor Of Court House.

Suspected mastermind of the October 1, 2010 bombing which occurred in Abuja, Charles Okah, caused a row, by attempting to commit suicide during the Tuesday’s proceedings in his trial before a Federal High Court in Abuja.
Punch reports that Okah, after ending an emotion-filled comment about his protracted trial during the court session, grabbed a nearby chair with which he made repeated but futile attempts to break a window in order to create an opening through which he could jump down from the court room located on the third floor of the five-storey building.

His frustration on Tuesday was ignited by his lawyer’s absence in court. Defence lawyers – Mr. Samuel Zibiri and O.O Otemu – were provided by the Federal Government-owned Legal Aid Council, after Okah in October last year, dispensed with the services of Lagos lawyer, Mr. Festus Keyamo, whose law firm had defended the two of them since the case started in 2010.
Okah, who is standing trial along with Obi Nwabueze for terrorism charges arising from the October 1, 2010 bombing incident, sought the permission of the trial judge, Justice Gabriel Kolawole, to speak after it was discovered that his lawyer was not in court.
After the judge granted him permission to speak from the dock, Okah in a high-pitched emotional outburst expressed frustration about his long incarceration and the attendant deprivation of the opportunity to cater for his family.
Okah said,
“I have been incarcerated for about five years now, and I have a family to cater for. “My children would grow up without feeling the warmth of their father. I’m tired of this endless trial.”