June 2019

We appreciate the sympathy and support from our members. Emeka Ugwuonye himself is always touched each time he hears about the support of our members.  When he hears about the prayers and wishes of our members,  his eyes will light up with special glitter. He is very quiet and deep in thinking.  He then says: "How are they doing?  How is (this person or that person) doing". He then adds: "I love them so much.  Just tell them not to worry.  It will be over soon and we are winning". These are his regular word when we visit him. And when we tell him certain things done by people to harm him or DPA, he smiles or laughes, and he would say: "You need to understand that even these negative events are ultimately positive. They show the importance and potential of DPA. It means we cannot be written off.  For them to be spending so much energy and resources against DPA, that tells you they are scared of DPA. So,  don't feel bad.  Just make sure we prove them wrong". He is always in great spirit even though he hasn't been feeling well lately. The only thing that bothers him the most is that he feels that most of our members do not understand the case well and that's why they approach the case with so much sentiment. This is the case in a nutshell: 1) The Abuja police command felt they were attacked by discussions on DPA Facebook wall where they were accused of incompetence and corruption.  They needed to stop that.  They threatened and warned the Founder to stop.  But the Founder refused.  He insisted that we are doing the right thing by demanding for full transparent investigation in Chacha's case. 2) After 2 years,  the police thought they found an easy way to close Chacha's case and claim they did a good job.  That easy way was to have Jekwu, the last on the list of Chacha's friends, to confess under torture.  Jekwu confessed and under more torture,  he implicated his friend (who had never met Chacha). That one too was forced to confess.  With these men confessed,  the police put the icing on the cake by parading them under a well-rehearsed and packaged TV production.  For the police,  the case was closed and well-wrapped up and the puplic was fooled. (That's how DPA saw what was going on).  DPA refused to accept that charade. 3) As we continued to accuse the Abuja police command,  they had to try other things to silence DPA. Mere threats and warnings were not working for them.  But they could not just physically beat up Emeka or assassinate him.  They resorted to blackmail - targeting Emeka's law license. But in the business of law,  Emeka Ugwuonye is in the Clouds. He doesn't need a shop in Obalande or Wuse market to operate from.  Indeed,  Emeka has spent the past 20 years working on how to practice law from the jurisdictionless base of the Clouds. 4) The police needed to package a war plan against the stubborn DPA Founder.  A good plan was to come in form of acting on a petition from David. (David started writing petitions since 2016: why did they wait till 2018 to act on it? 5) The Abuja police command realized that Emeka Ugwuonye did not live in Abuja. They had no easy way to find Eneka and arrest him.  So,  they had to first localize their war plan. They filed 4 frivolous charges against Emeka in Abuja Magistrate courts. The implication was clear. If Emeka failed to show up in court for any of those cases,  there would be a bench warrant. And once such bench warrant issued, it would become a matter between the courts and Emeka. You see how the police tried to force the courts into having an issue with Emeka?  And each time Emeka came to court, that gives the police the knowledge of where to find him and arrest him. 6) When everything else failed,  the police came to the absurd point. The only way to get Emeka detained without trial was to accuse him of capital offence. The police understood the inherent weakness of Nigeria's judicial system,  which is that once the word "murder" appears on a charge sheet,  most of the courts in Nigeria do read beyond that.  They remand you automatically. We knew that risk existed.  We knew the police would go even to the point of assassination to stop Emeka and DPA. But Emeka decided to allow things to play out so he can show the world how bad things are in Nigeria. 7) So,  our members need to understand that all this was foreseen.  Emeka  knew the police would go to the extent they went,  and that the courts will not be able to stop them.  Such has been happening to millions of Nigerians and nobody notices. Emeka wanted his case to shine the light on this despicable situation in the Nigerian justice system. And the more Emeka suffers, the more we will achieve the objective.  We believe the enemies of DPA are in cauldron - in the big iron pot of pepper soup. We appreciate your sympathies. But rather than cry too much,  let's thank God for a leader who is willing to use himself as a sacrificial lamb to change the system. Effort is under way for the Founder to come out of detention.  That will happen.  So,  let's not despair.