JOHANNESBURG, — A South African court has delayed for the second time its bail ruling for Henry Okah, the suspected ex_militant leader accused of ordering the 50th  Independence day blasts.

“This court is not able to give a judgment in this matter today,” said magistrate Hein Louw, saying he needed more time to review court recordings of the matter.

The decision, which was also delayed on Tuesday, was postponed to next Friday.
Okah, who prosecutors say is the leader of the militant Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), was arrested at his home in Johannesburg on October 2, the day after twin car bombs killed 12 people in Abuja.

He has denied organising the attack and claims he has never been the leader of MEND, which claimed responsibility for the blasts.

MEND claims to be fighting for a fairer distribution of oil revenue in the impoverished Niger Delta.

Nigeria’s intelligence agency on Wednesday accused Okah of also being behind a similar attack in March in the oil city of Warri.

Okah is being held in a private cell in Johannesburg after his lawyers argued that his life might be in danger.