December 25, 2019

Contrary to what many may assume, the prison or correctional center, as it is now called, is a community of its own, despite certain obvious restrictions.

Tomorrow is the Christmas. Can you imagine what Christmas in prison is like? It may shock you, but the prison community will not be as much of a difference than what we have outside the prison. The prison community will have church activities. The Cardinal of Abuja will celebrate mass and have many events in the prison tomorrow. Many people from outside the prison will like to attend the Christmas events taking place in the prison. The prison inmates have their various organizations or clubs and each will be holding Christmas event. DPA decided to add to the fun of Christmas for the inmates. We had planned to deliver food to the inmates. We had planned to deliver cooked food in take-away dishes. But on a second thought, we realized that it will be fun if the inmates were allowed to cook the food and distribute among themselves. So, we decided to deliver the food, including goats, chicken and the rest. Today, our team was in the prison to deliver a beautiful goat in addition to other items needed. Some additional ingredients will get there in the morning. We understand that the inmates are so excited about this. They have broken themselves into task forces - one to kill and process the meat, another to cook, another to distribute the food and the drinks. It seems it will be a great fun for them. All the warders on duty will also enjoy. We are happy we are able to put smiles on the faces of as many as possible prison inmates. We are also grateful to our members who contributed to this project. God will bless you all. Merry Christmas! The goat in the picture is part of the items delivered to the inmates today. What a beautiful animal.          

The circumstances of Sowore's release confirmed Rambo's position that the government intended to subject Sowore to the same treatment as Dasuki. Dasuki was granted bail 4 years ago. But the DSS rearrested him and held him indefinitely. Based on our analysis, we saw similar intentions for Sowore. It was therefore accurate to predict that "Sowore may not be released till end of Buhari's second term".  The fact that he was ultimately released yesterday did not contradict that prediction. In fact, releasing him along Dasuki confirms our instinct. The prediction was not to give a date for his release, but rather to tell you the principles guiding the thoughts of the people involved. Another aspect of Rambo's analysis that turned out accurate was the fact that Rambo stated that the outcome of Sowore's case would not depend on the normal application of the law. Rambo said we should look beyond the law in order to assess the outcome. In fact, the circumstances of his release confirmed that. He was not released in normal flow of law. It was just one arbitrary act of government reversing another arbitrary act of the same government. Now, watch out for the following tricks from government: By emphasizing that they could still appeal against the Court order granting him bail and by emphasizing that Sowore must keep to the terms of his bail, the government is actually warning the judge not to vary the terms of bail again. And if the terms of bail are not varied, that means that Sowore cannot travel out of Abuja until the case is over. That may mean that he cannot see his children. That means that he will not address any gathering till the case is over. And when will the case be over? Not likely before the end of Buhari's second term. So, they have silenced him effectively. If he doesn't comply with the terns of bail, his bail will be revoked and he will be detained with a court order and nobody may accuse the government. So, Sowore's rights are still in danger. But you may not know that. To understand what is going on, you need to think deeply and smartly. What we ought to focus attention on is the various subtle ways the government is resisting the Court. We knew that Sowore's case was calculatedly meant for Dasuki treatment. And when the demand for Sowore's release came, they released Dasuki along.