Henry Okah’s wife, Azuka said the convict was her “forever guy” and that she would stand by him despite the jail sentence.
“Henry is a forever guy. No matter what, he is stable and faithful to me and I don’t care what anyone else says,” a visibly emotional Mrs Okah told reporters outside the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg.
“We have this forever love,” she said.
Mrs Okah told reporters she was happy their four children were on holiday and that she was thinking of how to tell them.
She said: “The kids are the ones I am worried about… I will get over it, but I need to protect the kids.”
The next step was to appeal, she said, expecting the State to appeal because it had wanted the maximum sentence.
“We have come this far and I just ask for strength going forward,” she said.
As police were about to escort Okah to the court holding cells, he turned and blew kisses to her.
She smiled as she jokingly caught the kisses, before blowing him kisses.
Nineteen police officers were present in court during yesterday’s proceedings.
