Security
at the Moyale Law Courts was beefed up as 32 suspected Oromo Liberation
Front members arrested in an ongoing military operation were arraigned in
court.
Scores of regular and administration
police officers were deployed in the court compound. The public was locked
out of the court premises.
The suspects appeared before the
Marsabit Senior Resident Magistrate Nduku Njuki at 10.30am and pleaded not
guilty to charges of being members of the outlawed organisation fighting
the Ethiopian government.
Seven out of nine former defectors who
gave their evidence before the court identified 11 out of the 32 as former
colleagues in the organisation.
Speaking through a translator, Mr Bonaya
Halake Wako said he had served in the organization with the suspects.
Hearing continues.
