Update: Henry Okah is alive- Prison service

The Nigeria Prisons Service on Wednesday described as “rumour” the death of the alleged mastermind of the 2010 Independence Day bombing in Abuja, Charles Okah.

Okah was said to have died in prison shortly after returning from a scheduled court appearance on Last Tuesday.

Speaking on Okah’s purported death, the NPS spokesman, Francis Enobore, told The Nation that it was a rumour, adding that the suspect is not dead.

He said, “Charles Okah is not dead. The information you received is false and please disregard it.”

Security operatives attached to Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja, had on Tuesday prevented the suspected terrorist from committing suicide while in court.