Life is full of ironies: Sowore and Ugwuonye

In 2009, a Nigerian Ambassador to Washington, Ade Adefuye, paid Sowore substantial amount of money for him to use his Sahara Reporters to destroy Emeka Ugwuonye. Sowore took the money and went to work. He published repeatedly malicious falsehood against Emeka Ugwuonye.

Emeka tried to fight back by suing Sowore in America for defamation. Adefuye used Farida Waziri, then head of EFCC, to detain Emeka in Nigeria in 2011 when Emeka came on a visit to Nigeria. Sowore made a deal with Farida Waziri. The deal was that Sahara Reporters would not attack EFCC or Farida Waziri again if EFCC would detain Emeka in Nigeria until he would lose his defamation case against Sowore. Ambassador Adefuye used the might and superior connection within the Nigerian government to cement the deal between Sowore and EFCC. Emeka was detained for 3 months in 2011 by the EFCC and Sowore escaped from the lawsuit Emeka filed against him in America.

Sowore continued to use Sahara Reporters to report that Emeka Ugwuonye was disbarred and a rogue in America, which was false. He later started reporting that Emeka was disbarred in Nigeria, as far back as 2016, which was false and remains false (Emeka’s case against the Nigerian Bar is still pending at the Supreme Court but Sahara Reporters already decided the case before it was filed).

Emeka Ugwuonye’s illustrious legal career was derailed and the man nearly destroyed because many people began to believe these lies by Sahara Reporters and even joined in spreading them.

Sowore made a career in taking money from people to destroy their enemies. He took two million dollars from enemies of President Jonathan to destroy Jonathan. Ironically, Jonathan never arrested him. Sowore is a dangerous and manipulative person. He wanted to be famous. He tried to exploit the cases of IPOB and El-Zakzaky for cheap fame. But it stuck in his throat. There is no easy route to real fame.

Because of years of destructive malicious attacks he waged against Emeka Ugwuonye it was possible for Emeka, one of the best lawyers Nigeria ever produced on the international scene, to be detained on trumped up charges and people are not worried. Sahara Reporters’ malicious and destructive attacks on Emeka Ugwuonye progressively weakened Emeka and turned a lion into the lamb that could be easily abused and detained for months in prison without question.

And as an irony of fate, Sowore will be meeting Emeka Ugwuonye in that prison as early as this week or next. It is the height of hypocrisy for anyone to cry for Sowore. Indeed, Nigerian government has been too nice to him.

As for Rambo, we laughed the day Sowore was arrested. We knew he would get there because you cannot deceive people all the time. We also understand the Nigerian twisted legal system very well. That was why we have been very accurate in analyzing the development of the case. As that legal system was used against Emeka Ugwuonye with active instigation from Sowore through Sahara Reporters, Sowore rejoiced and even boasted of how he was able to dim the bright stars of Emeka Ugwuonye.

Emeka has adapted to the harsh conditions of Nigerian society. From the Ivy League of Harvard Law School to the low dust of the Nigerian enclave. Let Sowore start his own adaptation. From jungle justice of Sahara Reporters to jungle justice of DSS. We understand what will happen to Sowore. Even if he is granted bail, he will not be allowed to leave Nigeria. And if he remains in Nigeria, Sahara Reporters will not be effective tool for blackmail. Or he will be rearrested for every blackmail report done through Sahara Reporters. They already made it sufficiently clear that they can charge him for any false publication on Sahara Reporters for “insulting the president or for insulting DSS”. So funny! Sahara Reporters will be out of business if it cannot insult. And if he escapes from Nigeria while on bail, he will perish his political ambition in Nigeria. He underestimated the DSS guys. Guy man die, guy man burry am!

Just relax and watch. Sowore’s only option is to beg extensively and make a deal. First, as he did with EFCC under Farida Waziri, let him pledge never to criticize Nigerian government again and to use Sahara Reporters as mouthpiece for the government. We heard he has already started begging. He has a lot of it to do. And if you were the government, will you make a deal with Sowore? No! He will betray you once you stop paying him.