February 14, 2019

The much awaited trial in the ten-count case, which the police filed against Emeka Ugwuonye, Founder of a leading Human Rights and Justice movement in Nigeria (DPA) finally got underway yesterday in Abuja at the High Court for the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Gudu, Abuja. The police prosecutor put into the witness box their star witness. He testified in chief about the publications on DPA Facebook handle which accused him of involvement in his wife's disappearance and presumed death. Everybody waited to hear David give testimony to show he had no hand in his fate. But surprisingly, he was more interested in trying to show that he was not caught. Much of the testimony was on what was published, and he could not give any testimony to show that what was published was false. Despite the hand signals that his aides in the persons of Daniel Obiora and one man in blue jacket were giving him from the gallery, Aiyedogbon failed to show which part of the publication was false. In the witness box, Aiyedogbon exuded the confidence of a man assured of the protection of the police. With two years of knowing that the police have been his friends and protector, he seemed to have ignored what mattered the most - did you play any role in what happened to Chacha? Forget what was published or by whom: is any of that true? The cross-examination of David will continue in two weeks. The court was ready to continue next week, but the police prosecutor did all he could to push for a further date obviously to prolong Emeka's detention pending trial, which is one thing they are expecting to achieve. The court repeatedly warned the prosecutor that no undue delay will be tolerated given that Emeka is in custody. On his own part, Emeka was totally undisturbed about being in custody. He put it thus: "No price is too much for finding what happened to Chacha. Some time in prison is not too much a price to pay for the truth of what happened. All I want is for the world to know that DPA will go all the way to seek justice for a woman that suffered so much marital abuse and ended up dead in the strangest circumstances. Chacha's right to life, which is the most important life was taken away. DPA will bear any cross, climb any mountain, swim across any ocean and trek across the Sahara desert to find justice and truth for her". Trial continues in two weeks time. Effort is underway to revisit the issues of bail and release for Emeka Ugwuonye pending trial.

The much awaited trial in the ten-count case, which the police filed against Emeka Ugwuonye, Founder of a leading Human Rights and Justice movement in Nigeria (DPA) finally got underway yesterday in Abuja at the High Court for the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Gudu, Abuja. The police prosecutor put into the witness box their star witness. He testified in chief about the publications on DPA Facebook handle which accused him of involvement in his wife's disappearance and presumed death. Everybody waited to hear David give testimony to show he had no hand in his fate. But surprisingly, he was more interested in trying to show that he was not caught. Much of the testimony was on what was published, and he could not give any testimony to show that what was published was false. Despite the hand signals that his aides in the persons of Daniel Obiora and one man in blue jacket were giving him from the gallery, Aiyedogbon failed to show which part of the publication was false. In the witness box, Aiyedogbon exuded the confidence of a man assured of the protection of the police. With two years of knowing that the police have been his friends and protector, he seemed to have ignored what mattered the most - did you play any role in what happened to Chacha? Forget what was published or by whom: is any of that true? The cross-examination of David will continue in two weeks. The court was ready to continue next week, but the police prosecutor did all he could to push for a further date obviously to prolong Emeka's detention pending trial, which is one thing they are expecting to achieve. The court repeatedly warned the prosecutor that no undue delay will be tolerated given that Emeka is in custody. On his own part, Emeka was totally undisturbed about being in custody. He put it thus: "No price is too much for finding what happened to Chacha. Some time in prison is not too much a price to pay for the truth of what happened. All I want is for the world to know that DPA will go all the way to seek justice for a woman that suffered so much marital abuse and ended up dead in the strangest circumstances. Chacha's right to life, which is the most important life was taken away. DPA will bear any cross, climb any mountain, swim across any ocean and trek across the Sahara desert to find justice and truth for her". Trial continues in two weeks time. Effort is underway to revisit the issues of bail and release for Emeka Ugwuonye pending trial.

The much awaited trial in the ten-count case, which the police filed against Emeka Ugwuonye, Founder of a leading Human Rights and Justice movement in Nigeria (DPA) finally got underway yesterday in Abuja at the High Court for the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Gudu, Abuja. The police prosecutor put into the witness box their star witness. He testified in chief about the publications on DPA Facebook handle which accused him of involvement in his wife's disappearance and presumed death. Everybody waited to hear David give testimony to show he had no hand in his fate. But surprisingly, he was more interested in trying to show that he was not caught. Much of the testimony was on what was published, and he could not give any testimony to show that what was published was false. Despite the hand signals that his aides in the persons of Daniel Obiora and one man in blue jacket were giving him from the gallery, Aiyedogbon failed to show which part of the publication was false. In the witness box, Aiyedogbon exuded the confidence of a man assured of the protection of the police. With two years of knowing that the police have been his friends and protector, he seemed to have ignored what mattered the most - did you play any role in what happened to Chacha? Forget what was published or by whom: is any of that true? The cross-examination of David will continue in two weeks. The court was ready to continue next week, but the police prosecutor did all he could to push for a further date obviously to prolong Emeka's detention pending trial, which is one thing they are expecting to achieve. The court repeatedly warned the prosecutor that no undue delay will be tolerated given that Emeka is in custody. On his own part, Emeka was totally undisturbed about being in custody. He put it thus: "No price is too much for finding what happened to Chacha. Some time in prison is not too much a price to pay for the truth of what happened. All I want is for the world to know that DPA will go all the way to seek justice for a woman that suffered so much marital abuse and ended up dead in the strangest circumstances. Chacha's right to life, which is the most important life was taken away. DPA will bear any cross, climb any mountain, swim across any ocean and trek across the Sahara desert to find justice and truth for her". Trial continues in two weeks time. Effort is underway to revisit the issues of bail and release for Emeka Ugwuonye pending trial.

As reported by an eye witness, Greg Ibeki, David Aiyedogbon, the estranged husband of the murdered woman, did not expect his encounter with the prison officials that took Emeka Ugwuonye to court. Aiyedogbon came to court prepared for a sneak propaganda game, only to be shocked by the reaction of very serious and well trained prison guards, known as the armed squad. Mr. Ibeki captured the incident in his report on social media as follows: "FUNNY DRAMA IN COURT TODAY. " "David Aiyedogbon's standard trick failed him today. As Emeka Ugwuonye arrived in court, David Aiyedogbon's driver, the same man that was used to torture Emmanuel Adogah, was hiding in one corner of the court entrance with a camera video recording Ugwuonye's arrival. But half a mile away, the warders spotted him because they were well prepared for that. David's driver was hoping to capture Emeka on his video, as he alighted from the prison vehicle. Emeka saw him too. One of the warders came out of the car and walked straight to the man and seized his phone. Like a movie! The warders nearly took the man to the prison because he compromised their security and the safety of the occupants of the prison vehicle. At the end of the hearing, the truth came out. David had to admit that it was indeed his phone that was seized. So, it was actually David that sent these little people to make videos of Emeka Ugwuonye and forward them to the rat groups. The officers questioned David. They asked him why he was videotaping them. He swore that it was not them he wanted to videotape, that it was Emeka Ugwuonye that he was videotaping. They asked him why he was videotaping Emeka Ugwuonye. He told them that if he could videotape the Senate President, he should be able to videotape Emeka Ugwuonye. They told him that Emeka was not yet the Senate President. He changed his story and told them he was going to forward the video to his group on Facebook. (That is the rat group). The warders insisted on taking his driver to the prison to explain why he made video of them. David begged and promised not to try it again. They made him delete every video and picture of Emeka Ugwuonye on his phone. Wow! He had more than 500 pictures of Emeka Ugwuonye on his phone. What an obsession. It took 30 minutes to delete all of them and a lot of begging for mercy and promises not to try it again. When Daniel Obiora saw what was going on, he ran away. He couldn't afford to bring his own phone out of his pocket. It was so funny. Seeing grown men begging like little kids was so funny. Court is a serious business. Stop going there to play pranks. "But there is something even more funny. On the first and second day in court, David paid over 20 bloggers and media houses to come to court to videotape the DPA Founder. Today, he could not pay any of them. He had to use his driver and his phone to video-record. Soon, even the driver will become too expensive."