THE WHISTLER recalls that Senator Dino had, in a post on his Instagram, promised to see off Mr. Sowore to prison after the latter’s media platform reported that the lawmaker lied about obtaining a university degree from the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria.
The lawmaker had petitioned the Inspector General of Police over Sowore’s alleged defamation acts against him.
But in what happens to be a response to Dino’s prison threat, Mr. Sowore says that he would go to any length to see that “drug dealers, certificate forgers, money launderers, political manipulators, and assassins” in the country are exposed.
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This, Sowore said, in a post on his Facebook on Sunday.
“Folks: It was brought to my attention earlier that Nigerian Senator Dino Melaye promised to ‘send me to jail’ over the recent unraveling of his questionable educational background. While some are worried, appalled, alarmed and concerned and even scared about this declaration, it had me thinking differently,” Sowore wrote.
“I am a Nigerian citizen who had been through torture, humiliations, and incarceration by dictators in uniform between 1992-1999 before I, eventually, left Nigeria. I have never doubted the power of justice over legalities.
“That a Nigerian Senator in a democratic era could make this proclamation is indeed a sign that our democratic transition was a farce, particular when you’ve now noticed that Mr. Melaye was sitting at the feet of one of Nigeria’s worst military dictators, Ibrahim Babangida just a week ago.
“One of Babangida’s worst crimes against humanity was the assassination of notable investigative journalists of our time, Dele Giwa, by way of a parcel bomb. Another thing Melaye shares in common with Babangida and his killer squad was using libel lawsuits to silence inquisitions. In the 80’s Gani Fawehimi was found liable of libeling the killers of Dele Giwa and asked to pay damages to Halilu Akilu.
“Here is how I am different and also not different, I am not going to run away from criminals running the Nigerian political space until they are defeated, and their ideologies of greed, bloodiness, and avarice are entirely abandoned and discredited forever (Apology to Bob Marley).
“If it takes my life, so be it; if it means another unjust ruling asking for damages for thieves. So be it. We must take our space back from the 10 percenters, drug dealers, certificate forgers, money launderers, political manipulators, and assassins.
“Thank you,” he added.
As if that wasn’t satisfactory, Sowore went ahead to release a screenshot believed to be the response he got from an email inquiry to the London School of Economics, demanding to know if the Senator did obtain a degree from the institution.