Sheikh Aboud Rogo's widow freed then detained again to face terrorism charges

Haniya Said, the wife to the slain Muslim cleric Aboud Rogo at the Shanzu Law Courts where she was released then detained again. [PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD].

MOMBASA: The widow of slain Muslim cleric Aboud Rogo who is facing three terrorism charges suffered a setback in court on Thursday evening after a magistrate suspended an order freeing her on a Sh1 million bond.

Haniya Said Sagar who was arrested at her Kanamai home in Kilifi County on September 14 will remain at Shimo la Tewa until October 7 when the state will argue its application to detain her for the period of her trial. Haniya a mother of seven whose husband was killed by suspected state agents in Mombasa on August 27 2012 was arrested after police claimed she was linked to the September 11 attack at Central Police Station through alleged mastermind Tasnim Yakub Abdullahi Farah who died in the raid. She and three women are on trial charged with two counts of failing to supply information that would have prevented the raid and conspiracy to commit terrorism.