In the crowded Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, April 27, 2026, the air was thick with tension as Omoyele Sowore stood before H.E Abubakar Malami SAN, the former Attorney-General of the Federation. In the aftermath of proceedings, Sowore turned to H.E Abubakar Malami with a knowing smile and delivered the line that would ripple across the nation: “You see how it feels now. The system is dealing with you.”
The words hung in the courtroom like a veiled jest, subtle yet sharp, laced with the kind of dark humor that masks deeper intent. A few spectators chuckled. Others shifted uncomfortably. But the Nigerian Bloggers Forum Association, a collective of truth-telling voices across the digital landscape of Nigeria, frowned at such jokes.
“We frown, deeply and unequivocally, at subtle jokes geared at smearing one’s name. Such remarks, delivered in the sanctity of a court of law, do not elevate discourse; they diminish it”.
“They turn justice into a theatre of personal vendetta, where wit becomes a weapon and decorum is sacrificed for applause. The Nigerian Bloggers Forum Association condemns this in the strongest terms as no citizen, irrespective of past office or present circumstance, deserves to have his dignity toyed with through carefully crafted barbs that poison public perception”.
What Abubakar Malami SAN is currently going through is only a political vendetta against his person. It is not the impartial hand of the law at work, but the calculated machinery of retribution aimed at a man whose only “crime” has been his steadfast political stand with the opposition political party and his unwavering role in ensuring fairness and justice during his years of service.
Malami’s commitment to the rule of law, even when it displeased the powerful, earned him enemies who now seek to rewrite history through selective prosecution and public humiliation.
This is not justice served cold; it is politics served with a smirk.
The Nigerian Bloggers Forum Association stands firmly against any attempt to weaponize the courts for score-settling. We call on all Nigerians, bloggers, journalists, and citizens alike, to see beyond the courtroom theatrics and recognize the larger pattern: when a man who defended the Constitution is suddenly on the receiving end of the “system,” the real question is not what he did, but who he stood against.
In the story of our democracy, let today’s subtle joke not become tomorrow’s accepted norm. The pen of the blogger remains mightier than the gavel of the biased judge. We will keep watching. We will keep writing. And we will keep speaking truth to power, no matter whose side it sits on.
The Nigerian Bloggers Forum Association For Truth, Fairness, and the Dignity of Every Nigerian.