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EMEKA UGWUONYE: OUTCOME OF COURT TODAY.

25 Oct 2019
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  Very simple! The court did not sit.   That is the simple way lawyers describe what happened. But in a more transparent manner of speaking, the judge who fixed today for trial, failed to show up. She found something more important than the liberty of those whose freedom depend on a timely conclusion of the trial. Today, it affected Emeka Ugwuonye, but all this while, it has been affecting thousands of Nigerians. DPA recognized this problem and had been aiming to tackle it as a cultural and structural problem, facing Nigeria. Like other things that have happened since his unlawful arrest and detention, Emeka experiences the problems he had suspected existed in the administration of justice in Nigeria. That experience increases our resolve to seek reforms and changes in the system.   Our members met him in court today and we talked about this. He was not disappointed. He said that he knew these things happen and was well prepared for them. We also spoke to the lawyers who strongly believe he will be out on bail soon.   The Founder sent his regards to all of you.

FOR DPA MEMBERS ONLY: STRATEGIC UNDERSTANDING OF EMEKA UGWUONYE’S CASE.

25 Oct 2019
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With a good strategic analysis of what is going on in Emeka Ugwuonye's case, there should be no need to panic. Things are working to DPA's advantage, so far. If the police had just threatened Emeka and refused to investigate Chacha's murder, it will be a small thing in a country where many terrible things happen. Maybe, it would all die with time. If the police had arrested Emeka on July 7, 2018 and released him July 10, 2018 and ended it there, it would have been a small misunderstanding. It might just go away. If that was it, the police might not look too bad. But God wanted the true nature of the police to come out for the world to see. So, the police had to go to the extent to fabricate a murder charge against Emeka. It became a big story. If the police had withdrawn the charges and let Emeka go, it would not be a big problem. But God wanted the police to expose themselves.   If the judge had granted Emeka bail, by now, everybody would have forgotten. But it was necessary for Emeka to be detained for this long in order for the attention of the world to be focused on the matter.   With what has happened, a small problem has become a big one. We now know how the police kill innocent people and falsely accuse them of crimes. The world would hear Emeka explain how David is suspected of responsibility for what happened to Chacha. This case will be turned into the trial of the Nigerian police. .   So, it was important to DPA for this case to take its full course. That is the way for the world is to know what is happening inside the police. Without this case, Emeka would not have been able to interview 800 inmates from Abattoir to prison.  Without this case, we would not have known how the courts aid the police in the atrocities.   This case is very strategically Important.

POOR OSINBAJO, YOU’RE SO RIGHT

25 Oct 2019
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The Vice President of Nigeria is right on both points he makes in the Punch article below. Social media, in a society with diminished virtue and high level of ignorance, could become a devastating weapon of mass destruction. In Nigeria, both the government and individuals  have abused social media. No one knows this better than Emeka Ugwuonye, our Founder. The Nigerian police, via a criminal Deputy Police Commissioner, convicted Emeka on social media. A corrupt official of the Nigeria Supreme Court took bribe and disbarred Emeka Ugwonye on social media. And some ignorant people also disbarred him in America through social media. They use social media to peddle lies. People who didn't finish WAEC all of s sudden became experts on how to disbar a lawyer, even overseas. The blackmailer-in-chief, Sowore and Sahara Reporters, used social media to convince the gullible that Emeka was disbarred. How can you disbar a lawyer without any court order signed by a judge of the highest court in the relevant jurisdiction? Wife beaters and scammers and Internet fraudsters ganged up to use social media to attack DPA. The Vice President is crying out now because he just received a little bit of what Emeka has suffered since the invention of social media. They already used social media to scare the Vice President from ever trying to run for Presidency. If Emeka were not a very tough person, they would have used social media to kill DPA.   Yes, we know how potently destructive the social media has been in less developed societies with high level of malcontent and ignorance, such as Nigeria. Yet, we believe that the best form of policing for social media is self policing. Each person has to regulate himself or herself.   The funny irony about the social media is that when a person embraces it the first time, he or she thinks she has become strong, powerful and influential. She becomes a tigress in her mind. She begins to bully people. If you don't return her calls or acknowledge her presence, she uses her new power to slam you.   But then the process comes a full circle. In 5 years time, she sees that her life has diminished rather than improved. The reason is that access to the social media does not automatically change what you are. If you are not solidly educated and you do not have good virtues to give out, you will all be giving out the emptiness and negativity in you. Those don't last. In a few years, you are burnt out and you return to where you are - empty, poor and without friends.   http://punchng.com/social-media-regulation-not-best-option-osinbajo/

The Vision of Emeka Ugwuonye Through DPA

18 Oct 2019
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After many years of active and diversified experience in America, Emeka Ugwuonye understood the direction of change in many different spheres of human endeavors.

Looking at legal services, for one, he could see that a few years from now, the current way of doing business will need to change radically. The idea that an ordinary person would wait until he is in trouble before he would then dress up, go to the office of the lawyer, sit on his upholstery to narrate his problems to the lawyer; such idea will be too outdated and archaic. The idea that a person needs to be rich before he will be able to receive justice under the law will be too harsh and too unjust for a modern society. For Emeka Ugwuonye, he envisioned justice becoming like oxygen. You don't need to be rich to breath oxygen. You only need to be wise enough to stay away from a polluted spot.

Emeka Ugwuonye's mind was no different from other graduates of Harvard of the 90s. The internet had just been introduced for civilian use. Ten years after graduation, it was obvious to him the impact of the digital revolution. As a lawyer, he was focused on how new technologies were changing the service sector he was most familiar with, which is the legal sector. In 2007, he spoke in a bar function in Washington DC about internet based interactive legal research modules. Based on that concept, he contemplated an online legal services firm. The project was shelved  because it would require several million dollars to get it off the ground.

As a Nigerian, Emeka believed in the opportunity of using his knowledge and experience to effect positive changes in Nigeria. A country of 200 million people, which is quite poor and behind in many areas, has tremendous opportunities for growth and development. With this in mind, Emeka would focus his attention on Nigeria. He has never regretted his decisions, despite any challenges.

But a straight profit driven venture did not appeal to Emeka. He needed a hybrid concept whereby he could create free public good through a commercially viable operation. DPA presented the best opportunity.

Through DPA, we have been able to ensure that an ordinary person can afford quality legal services in his moments of need. Through DPA, we have been able to ensure that access to justice has been broadened to reach more people who were previously shut out. Through DPA, a person in need of legal service is able to get quality intervention from a lawyer he is just meeting for the first time, like what is happening this morning in Benin City. (A lady summoned to a police station will meet her lawyer for the first time a few minutes before the meeting. But the lawyer will have extensive information about her and her case and she will know a lot about the lawyer. And money will not be discussed between her and the lawyer. Also, she will not be worrying whether the law is competent or not. DPA made all that possible). Through DPA, we have been able to create critical legal awareness through free legal education offered on our platforms. We can do any of these things much better.

Beyond our present levels of achievement in DPA, we see vast opportunities ahead. Through the DPA integrity venture, we are going to float integrity evaluation platforms, which will help solve one of the greatest problems in Nigeria today, which is that it is impossible to believe anything good a Nigerian tells you about himself or herself. Our integrity platform will make it very easy for you to confirm a person's resume in minutes, whether you are evaluating the person as a lover, or as an employee or as a tenant.

Indeed, DPA has lined up various ventures that leverage well with its structures. These ventures touch on sectors like the media, education, health, marketing and distribution, financial services, logistics and hospitality, emergency response system, etc.

Members of the DPA community must be aware that joining DPA is about the best decision they have made. The easy entry point into DPA is by joining the forum as a forum member. That's free of charge. Your DPA experience widens as you become a registered member.

 

DPA has an incredibly bright future, not just as a name, but as a bundle of ideas and concepts.  We want you to be part of the revolution.

The Vision of Emeka Ugwuonye Through DPA

18 Oct 2019
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After many years of active and diversified experience in America, Emeka Ugwuonye understood the direction of change in many different spheres of human endeavors.

Looking at legal services, for one, he could see that a few years from now, the current way of doing business will need to change radically. The idea that an ordinary person would wait until he is in trouble before he would then dress up, go to the office of the lawyer, sit on his upholstery to narrate his problems to the lawyer; such idea will be too outdated and archaic. The idea that a person needs to be rich before he will be able to receive justice under the law will be too harsh and too unjust for a modern society. For Emeka Ugwuonye, he envisioned justice becoming like oxygen. You don't need to be rich to breath oxygen. You only need to be wise enough to stay away from a polluted spot.

Emeka Ugwuonye's mind was no different from other graduates of Harvard of the 90s. The internet had just been introduced for civilian use. Ten years after graduation, it was obvious to him the impact of the digital revolution. As a lawyer, he was focused on how new technologies were changing the service sector he was most familiar with, which is the legal sector. In 2007, he spoke in a bar function in Washington DC about internet based interactive legal research modules. Based on that concept, he contemplated an online legal services firm. The project was shelved  because it would require several million dollars to get it off the ground.

As a Nigerian, Emeka believed in the opportunity of using his knowledge and experience to effect positive changes in Nigeria. A country of 200 million people, which is quite poor and behind in many areas, has tremendous opportunities for growth and development. With this in mind, Emeka would focus his attention on Nigeria. He has never regretted his decisions, despite any challenges.

But a straight profit driven venture did not appeal to Emeka. He needed a hybrid concept whereby he could create free public good through a commercially viable operation. DPA presented the best opportunity.

Through DPA, we have been able to ensure that an ordinary person can afford quality legal services in his moments of need. Through DPA, we have been able to ensure that access to justice has been broadened to reach more people who were previously shut out. Through DPA, a person in need of legal service is able to get quality intervention from a lawyer he is just meeting for the first time, like what is happening this morning in Benin City. (A lady summoned to a police station will meet her lawyer for the first time a few minutes before the meeting. But the lawyer will have extensive information about her and her case and she will know a lot about the lawyer. And money will not be discussed between her and the lawyer. Also, she will not be worrying whether the law is competent or not. DPA made all that possible). Through DPA, we have been able to create critical legal awareness through free legal education offered on our platforms. We can do any of these things much better.

Beyond our present levels of achievement in DPA, we see vast opportunities ahead. Through the DPA integrity venture, we are going to float integrity evaluation platforms, which will help solve one of the greatest problems in Nigeria today, which is that it is impossible to believe anything good a Nigerian tells you about himself or herself. Our integrity platform will make it very easy for you to confirm a person's resume in minutes, whether you are evaluating the person as a lover, or as an employee or as a tenant.

Indeed, DPA has lined up various ventures that leverage well with its structures. These ventures touch on sectors like the media, education, health, marketing and distribution, financial services, logistics and hospitality, emergency response system, etc.

Members of the DPA community must be aware that joining DPA is about the best decision they have made. The easy entry point into DPA is by joining the forum as a forum member. That's free of charge. Your DPA experience widens as you become a registered member.

 

DPA has an incredibly bright future, not just as a name, but as a bundle of ideas and concepts.  We want you to be part of the revolution.

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