When you meet Emeka Ugwuonye, what will you say to him?

I had to present this question to our members. Yes, you will see Emeka Ugwuonye again soon.  If you know Nigeria’s legal system, you will understand what happened. He attacked the Nigerian police the way nobody does from within the country. Ugwuonye was determined to expose the evil within the police.

They warned and threatened him. But he didn’t stop. When he tried to expose the billion naira industry behind the Abattoir secret prison in Abuja, he went too far. The option was to assassinate him or to find a less messy way to get rid of him. The only way they knew was to charge him with murder and armed-robbery on the same case he accused the police of cover-up. How smart!

Emeka knew the police would try that because they warned him. But it was good they chose that option instead of assassination. A police prosecutor warned Mr. Tosin Ajaomo, one of Ugwuonye’s lawyers that they would charge Ugwuonye with the murder of Chacha if he kept accusing the police of cover-up in the case. But the DPA Founder laughed it off. He said he never thought the police could be that daft. He knew the police could try something bizarre, but he believed that the court would protect him against the police. That was where he miscalculated.

More than 90% of criminal cases in Nigeria is about bail. Six other courts granted Ugwuonye bail each time the police charged him to court. He thought that would always be the case. But the current court denied him bail.

Even the police officers told Ugwuonye that it would just be a matter of time, that this was just to slow him down, since he refused to listen.

So, we all know that he will be out. The game will be over at some point. During the last time we visited him in prison, we talked about his coming out. He shared with us the good and bad of being in prison. What hurts him the most is the heavy toll it has had on his family. He is not their for his children or for his mother. The good side of it is quite huge. His view of Nigeria has been sharpened further. His understanding of his work is clearer now. He is more determined and better prepared to save this country from the abyss it has plunged into. He has no bitterness towards the police. He just wants to reform the police system in Nigeria.

So, now, I ask: If you have 5 minutes of a face-to-face meeting with Emeka Ugwuonye, DD, Founder of DPA, what will you say to him, apart from reporting Rambo?