Abuja bombing suspect goes on hunger strike.

The prime suspect in the 2010 Independence Day bombings in Abuja, Mr Charles Okah has embarked on a hunger strike to protest his maltreatment by officials of Kuje Prison.

Mr Okah who has been in detention since his arrest in 2010 is threatening to slam a N5b suit for damages against the Federal Government.

In a petition to the Minister of Interior, Abdulraman Dambazau, dated January 21, Okah's counsel, Mr Timi Okponipere alleged that his client has been subjected to persistent harassment and intimidation by the officer in charge of Kuje Prison, Mr Musa Tanko.

“At the time of writing this letter, our client is as emaciated as a bean pole on account of the hunger strike he has embarked upon, to draw global attention to his plight.

“Figuratively speaking, our client is virtually a dead man. If our client dies in prison custody, the entire world, particularly the Ijaw nation and the Niger Delta where our client hails from, shall rise in unison against President Muhammadu Buhari’s government, even as we concede the fact that, our client’s ordeal began during the tenure of former President Goodluck Jonathan, a fellow Ijaw,” the petition said.