September 27, 2019

It is really unfortunate that DSS worked itself into a very tight and awkward corner ever. All along, DSS was operating in apparent compliance with Nigerian substantive laws and procedures that were heavily tilted in favor of DSS and against personal liberty. And to the extent that they appeared to work within those legal rules, it was difficult to blame DSS, as they did not make the laws. 

But all that changed few hours after Justice Taiwo granted bail to Sowore. He ought to have been released once the terns and conditions set by the court were met. That was what DSS needed to maintain the appearance that it acted within the law. Having failed to maintain that appearance of compliance with law, DSS has come under increasing criticism, and rightly so. At the same time, Sowore appears more like a victim of state-sponsored persecution, and rightly so, too.

The story now is how DSS failed to comply with  court order. That takes away any merits in their case against Sowore. Many knowledgeable people are now asking why such blunders by DSS. Why not arraign Sowore before the expiration of the 45 days granted to them to detain him? Alternatively, why didn't they apply for two weeks extension of the 45 days, which would easily have been granted to them? Alternatively, why not release him and arraign him when you are ready since his lawyer has undertaken to produce him for arraignment? Any of these would have been better than the option DSS have chose to follow. It is believed that some people within the DSS deliberately screwed up their strategy. 

Anyway, we believe that DSS is just trying to get a date in court to arraign Sowore. But they were never to play that game and with everyday that passes without them either arraigning Sowore or releasing him, they run out of any moral maneuverable room left. We believe that DSS still won't release him. They want to keep him till he is arraigned. But if DSS don't arraign Sowore today, Friday, September 27, and do not release him either, then DSS has lost the game.

Our best guess is that Sowore will be arraigned today and be remanded in prison today. We don't foresee any alternative to this. Our analysis of the history and psychology of DSS leaders leads us to believe that Sowore's lawyer's decision to initiate a contempt proceedings against DSS will push them into a fierce resistance up to the point of thumbing their noses at the courts. Though that will be unfortunate, that is a reality suggested by a close study of the history of DSS. 

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IT WAS A BOMBSHELL TODAY IN COURT. During the continued cross-examination, Emeka Ugwuonye's lawyer asked David Aiyedegbon: "When you saw the picture of the headless body of a woman, which Emeka Ugwuonye posted on Facebook on 26th of June 2016, did you recognize it as the body of your estranged wife?" David shocked everybody by saying that the legs of the body resembled his wife's and that he recognized it from the picture then. This was a bomb shell because the while fight between DPA and the police was that DPA said that the body was Chacha's body while David and the police accused DPA of lying about that.  For two years, David and the police denied the body and claimed that Chacha was alive and was sighted in Brazil and South Africa in night clubs as recently as in 2017. The first charge the police filed against Emeka Ugwuonye was for lying that the body was Chacha's. Nobody was prepared for David's answer today. If ever David and the police had accepted that the body was Chacha's, DPA would have ended the investigation since because all DPA wanted was to find Chacha, dead or alive. When the hearing was over today, David was seen outside quarreling with the police lawyers because of the answer he gave to that question. But an intelligent person can understand why he gave that answer today. David knew where Emeka's lawyers would be taking him to soon: why did the police refuse to conduct any test on the body that DPA said was Chacha's body? They failed to conduct any test which would have confirmed the body to be Chacha's. They spent two years denying that the picture was Chacha's only to suddenly admit it was. They claimed that they became aware it was Chacha's only after Jekwu confessed in May 2018. They now realized that if their only evidence that the body was Chacha's was Jekwu's coerced confession, there may be no evidence that Chacha was dead unless they accepted the theory of DPA. And you cannot accept DPA theory and at the same time be fighting Emeka Ugwuonye for advancing that theory. So, David now dies a u-turn to suggest that they base their present position on David's observation of the body in 2016. Very interesting!   DPA is very happy with the development. We have achieved our first objective which is to show that the headless body of the woman found in Bwari on May 12, 2016 was Chacha's and that both the police and David knew all along that it was Chacha's body. DPA has compelling evidence to show that the police had been lying all along and that they were covering the truth.   Well, God is good! Emeka Ugwuonye was and still is ready to go as far as necessary to bring out the truth the police is covering. Emeka allowed himself to be detained in Abattoir on July 6, 2018 because he wanted to interview Jekwu and Emmanuel and that was the only way he could reach them. Emma's family had been begging Emeka for DPA to help Emmanuel. But Emeka could not decide without speaking to Emma. So, when Emeka was sent to Abattoir, the police saw it as punishing Emeka, while Emeka saw it as an opportunity to interview these boys accused of killing Chacha, to know if they actually did it. In Abattoir, Emeka learned more about how devilish the police were.   When they charged Emeka and remanded him in prison, he was glad to go because he had a mission which would be better served by finding out what goes on there. That is why he insisted that nobody should worry about him being in prison, that him being in prison would  help DPA.   Let us be patient and strong, like the man that is leading us in this matter. He swore that a woman like Chacha should not just disappear and there would be no explanation what happened. After 3 years of lying, Chacha's husband admitted in court that immediately he saw the picture of the body shared by DPA in 2016, he knew it was picture of Chacha's body. That brings David to the same position as the Chacha's friend, whose opinion of the pictures Emeka Ugwuonye relied on to conclude that it was Chacha's body.   We hope our members will continue to follow this case.

IT WAS A BOMBSHELL TODAY IN COURT. During the continued cross-examination, Emeka Ugwuonye's lawyer asked David Aiyedegbon: "When you saw the picture of the headless body of a woman, which Emeka Ugwuonye posted on Facebook on 26th of June 2016, did you recognize it as the body of your estranged wife?" David shocked everybody by saying that the legs of the body resembled his wife's and that he recognized it from the picture then. This was a bomb shell because the while fight between DPA and the police was that DPA said that the body was Chacha's body while David and the police accused DPA of lying about that.  For two years, David and the police denied the body and claimed that Chacha was alive and was sighted in Brazil and South Africa in night clubs as recently as in 2017. The first charge the police filed against Emeka Ugwuonye was for lying that the body was Chacha's. Nobody was prepared for David's answer today. If ever David and the police had accepted that the body was Chacha's, DPA would have ended the investigation since because all DPA wanted was to find Chacha, dead or alive. When the hearing was over today, David was seen outside quarreling with the police lawyers because of the answer he gave to that question. But an intelligent person can understand why he gave that answer today. David knew where Emeka's lawyers would be taking him to soon: why did the police refuse to conduct any test on the body that DPA said was Chacha's body? They failed to conduct any test which would have confirmed the body to be Chacha's. They spent two years denying that the picture was Chacha's only to suddenly admit it was. They claimed that they became aware it was Chacha's only after Jekwu confessed in May 2018. They now realized that if their only evidence that the body was Chacha's was Jekwu's coerced confession, there may be no evidence that Chacha was dead unless they accepted the theory of DPA. And you cannot accept DPA theory and at the same time be fighting Emeka Ugwuonye for advancing that theory. So, David now dies a u-turn to suggest that they base their present position on David's observation of the body in 2016. Very interesting!   DPA is very happy with the development. We have achieved our first objective which is to show that the headless body of the woman found in Bwari on May 12, 2016 was Chacha's and that both the police and David knew all along that it was Chacha's body. DPA has compelling evidence to show that the police had been lying all along and that they were covering the truth.   Well, God is good! Emeka Ugwuonye was and still is ready to go as far as necessary to bring out the truth the police is covering. Emeka allowed himself to be detained in Abattoir on July 6, 2018 because he wanted to interview Jekwu and Emmanuel and that was the only way he could reach them. Emma's family had been begging Emeka for DPA to help Emmanuel. But Emeka could not decide without speaking to Emma. So, when Emeka was sent to Abattoir, the police saw it as punishing Emeka, while Emeka saw it as an opportunity to interview these boys accused of killing Chacha, to know if they actually did it. In Abattoir, Emeka learned more about how devilish the police were.   When they charged Emeka and remanded him in prison, he was glad to go because he had a mission which would be better served by finding out what goes on there. That is why he insisted that nobody should worry about him being in prison, that him being in prison would  help DPA.   Let us be patient and strong, like the man that is leading us in this matter. He swore that a woman like Chacha should not just disappear and there would be no explanation what happened. After 3 years of lying, Chacha's husband admitted in court that immediately he saw the picture of the body shared by DPA in 2016, he knew it was picture of Chacha's body. That brings David to the same position as the Chacha's friend, whose opinion of the pictures Emeka Ugwuonye relied on to conclude that it was Chacha's body.   We hope our members will continue to follow this case.