FROM FESTUS KEYAMO TO OMOYELE SOWORE,

Dear Mr. Omoyele Sowore,
> >
> > Thank you so much for your letter dated the 7th of January,
> > 2009, which you sent to me via e-mail. In fact, I was just
> > settling down the next day to digest some of the information
> > you supplied when I got calls from many quarters that the
> > letter was already on the internet inviting comments from
> > the public. I want to thank you for your wisdom in doing
> > this because for people like you and I who insist on
> > transparency in public life, we cannot be exchanging letters
> > that imply so much behind the scenes.
> >
> > So, even though you did not inform me of the open nature of
> > the letter to me except that I got to know from
> > well-wishers, I am informing you that this reply will be
> > on-line for the public to digest just as yours also was.
> > Fair enough, I guess?
> >
> > Let me briefly comment on the personal nature of the letter
> > you addressed to me. People may not know, but we have known
> > each other for nearly fifteen years now, especially from my
> > days in Gani Fawehinmi Chambers when some of us formed the
> > National Conscience (not a party then) to fight the
> > military. You were then a student at the University of
> > Lagos, but I cannot remember whether you joined the movement
> > then. I only remember a few years later when you had
> > problems with cult members whom you claimed you were
> > fighting and we all believed you. Your confrontation with
> > them led to your abduction by the cultists from whose hands
> > you were later rescued. When you graduated shortly after,
> > you visited my office then at Maryland a number of times to
> > intimate me of your intentions to travel abroad to treat
> > yourself. According to you, the poisonous substances that
> > were injected into your body by the cultists, needed to be
> > flushed out of your system.
> >
> > A few papers reported this at that time. Then, I remember
> > you had no job. You eventually travelled abroad on medical
> > grounds to "flush the poisonous substances from your
> > system". As a friend, let me apologise for not following
> > the treatment for more than ten years now, even when you
> > visited me when you were in Nigeria a few years ago. I hope
> > the treatment is going on well in the U.S? Even though it is
> > more than ten years, I know these treatments take some time.
> > Please, send some of the duly authenticated medical records
> > to me as a friend for me to know how far the treatment has
> > gone. You may also wish to make it public like the previous
> > letter to me. This may dispel any insinuation from bad
> > people that you falsified medical papers to travel abroad in
> > search of a better life which is the worst form of
> > corruption. Just as you said you admired my activist
> > credentials, I can also vouch for you that you are still
> > undergoing treatment till today. Please, send the records.
> >
> > Now, to the contents of your letter. As I do not intend to
> > leave anything out, I will take phrases and sentences
> > piecemeal and make my comments on them:
> >
> > "WE ARE DISTURBED THAT A VOCAL CRITIC AND ANTI-CORRUPTION
> > ACTIVIST OF YOUR STATURE HAS MAINTAINED STOIC SILENCE ABOUT
> > THE EXTENSIVE ACTS OF CORRUPTION AND COLLUSION WITH CORRUPT
> > SERVING OR FORMER PUBLIC OFFICIALS PETPETRATED BOTH BY MRS.
> > WAZIRI AND NIGERIA'S CHIEF LAW OFFICER, ATTORNEY GENERAL
> > MICHAEL AONDOAKAA"
> >
> > Since assumption of office by Michael Aondoakaa as the
> > Attorney-General of the Federation and Mrs. Farida Waziri as
> > the Chairperson of E.F.C.C, there has been insinuations and
> > rumours about the corrupt activities of the duo. I will be
> > the last to defend them (or any public officer for that
> > matter) over these allegations. I cannot stick out my neck
> > for anyone, including the Ribadu you have spent so much time
> > defending, giving the impression that your attack on Waziri
> > and Aoadoakaa is a Ribadu agenda (even though, as I know
> > you, it may not be true). I will also be the last to crucify
> > them over these allegations.
> >
> > The reason is that I did not have documents to authenticate
> > the facts. (You just sent some now by e-mail which I will
> > come to shortly). If I speak up every time I hear a rumour
> > on corruption without documentation, I will soon be seen as
> > a public nuisance rather than as an activist. All my
> > previous crusades have been with documents. Some examples
> > are:
> >
> > (a) When I took on Senator Tokunbo Afikuyomi in 1999, I
> > presented certified copies of court records showing how he
> > was charged for 419 and jumped bail.
> >
> > (b) When I took on the Bola Ige case, I presented
> > certified affidavits, audio cassettes, visual cassettes, and
> > hand-written statements of Fryo to the public which led to
> > the impeachment of Iyiola Omisore and his eventual trial.
> > Even the recant by Fryo could not change the situation.
> >
> > (c) When I took on the operators of the Police
> > Equipment Fund, I presented a barrage of documents to
> > law-enforcement agents and the public which led to their
> > arrest and prosecution and the end of that scam.
> >
> > (d) When I recently took on the House of
> > Representatives, I presented documents to back up my facts
> > that even a weak denial of those documents could not prevent
> > the on-going investigation in that regard.
> >
> > There are many more, but that has been my modus operandi.
> > But in this case, apart from the non-existence of documents
> > regarding these rumours of corrupt practices, I have been
> > very careful in this case because it is the very people that
> > have, at one time or the other either transferred some
> > powers from Ribadu or replaced him in his previous office
> > that have been branded as "corrupt". I am sure if Jesus
> > has replaced Ribadu, Jesus would have also been termed
> > "corrupt". The simple reason, I suspect is that, there
> > may be a subtle campaign to make anyone coming after Ribadu
> > fail in that office. But the office does not belong to
> > Ribadu's family, and that is not patriotism. In fact, I
> > wonder what would have happened if Ribadu had stayed for
> > eight years in that office when he would not be eligible for
> > "re-appointment". Maybe, his friends would have
> > campaigned for amendment of the law for him to stay on for
> > life. It is the Nigerian mentality of
> > "only-me-must-succeed", even when the so-called
> > "success" is hyped beyond what it was by his friends in
> > the media.
> >
> > These are just my suspicions. I do not have documents to
> > back up my claim except for the refusal of Ribadu to come
> > forward to give a proper account (not the three-page
> > handover note to Lamorde) when invited to do so and the
> > refusal to name 31 governors he alleged that the E.F.C.C had
> > completed investigations against.
> >
> > But despite these suspicious, I am still on the alert.
> > Whenever, I see duly authenticated documents on corruption
> > against either Waziri or Aondoakaa, I will speak up. I will
> > not maintain a "stoic silence".
> >
> > "IT WOULD BE SAD IF YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EFCC
> > BECOMES AN EXCUSE TO SHIRK YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A
> > SELF-AVOWED PUBLIC CONSCIENCE AND COMMENTATOR ON MATTER OF
> > CORRUPTION, ABUSE OF OFFICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS"
> >
> > The suggestion here is that because I am now a private
> > prosecutor to the E.F.C.C, I will be impeded in my various
> > crusades.
> >
> > I want to assure you that this cannot be farther from the
> > truth. I am just a private prosecutor for the E.F.C.C, not
> > an employee. My views cannot be impeded because of the
> > assistance I give to that body, and it is an assignment I
> > took up without first asking or negotiating for a kobo. It
> > was patriotism simpliciter. Do not forget that I am also
> > prosecuting the operators of the Police Equipment Fund for
> > the Police FREE OF CHARGE. Since I took up the challenge of
> > prosecuting suspected corrupt persons on behalf of E.F.C.C,
> > I have continued to constructively criticize the Federal
> > Government's many anti-people policies. I have variously
> > referred to the Yar'Adua's regime as "illegitimate"
> > because of the way the elections that heralded him was
> > conducted, and of course orchestrated by your good friend
> > and anti-corruption "czar", Ribadu.
> >
> > I have taken Aondoakaa to court and the Federal Government
> > and I am still in court with them over the appointment of
> > Service Chiefs without legislative approval. I have also
> > taken the Inspector-General of Police to court to compel him
> > to arrest and prosecute Obasanjo over the Odi and Tiv
> > massacre. I am still in court over that. Moreover, I
> > defended and I am still defending your fellow online
> > journalists arrested by this government FREE OF CHARGE.
> > These are Jonathan Elendu and Emmanuel Asivwe. I am also
> > defending one of the editor of the Leadership Newspapers
> > charged to court by this government FREE OF CHARGE. I
> > defended Channels Television and all its editors, including
> > the CEO John Momoh, FREE OF CHARGE when this government
> > clamped down on them. If you eventually run into problems
> > with some of this your stories, whether they are true or
> > not, I will be there to defend you FREE OF CHARGE if you
> > require my services.
> >
> > Therefore, I cannot hobnob with those in government and
> > shirk my social responsibility. I laughed so much when I
> > read a mischief maker say he saw me one day in the office of
> > Attorney-General. Ignorance, at times, can be so
> > embarrassing. I do not know of a busy lawyer with good
> > briefs that will not have one thing or the other to do every
> > week in the office of the Attorney-General of a State or the
> > Federation – either in the Directorate of Public
> > Prosecutions or Directorate of Civil Litigations, or just
> > following up letters or complaints, on behalf of clients, to
> > the office of the Attorney-General.
> >
> > My friend Sowore, I have worked hard and I am comfortable.
> > There is nothing I will gain from prosecuting for the
> > E.F.C.C other than the satisfaction of contributing to the
> > anti-corruption crusade. I do not have too much, but allow
> > me the immodesty to say that I have a few fully built landed
> > properties in choice areas of Lagos and Abuja. My
> > three-storey office complex which I built about three years
> > ago in FESTUS KEYAMO LANE, ANTHONY VILLAGE has about 18
> > lawyers and 12 support staff.
> >
> > My Abuja office building in Zone 6 which I bought about two
> > years ago has many lawyers and support staff. The houses
> > which I stay in both cities are my personal properties
> > acquired through the sweat of my brow without a single brief
> > from Government. I drive descent cars that even the rich
> > also drive. What more do I want? My needs are not much. I
> > live a restricted life. I do not like unnecessarily
> > expensive things that display wealth. I am not hungry.
> >
> > As a result, I will not toe the path of very prominent
> > radical lawyers who were heavily paid consultants to
> > Ribadu's E.F.C.C and kept a "stoic silence" when the
> > following corrupt practices happened under Ribadu:
> >
> > (a) When Ribadu accused lawmakers in Ekiti, Bayelsa and
> > Plateau States of gross corruption and arrested them at
> > different times. After signing impeachment notices against
> > their various governors at various times, that was the end
> > of the allegations of corruption and abuse of office against
> > them. In fact one of these lawyers who initially said he
> > would defend the EFCC free of charge, later collected Six
> > Million Naira from the EFCC under Ribadu. The case was lost
> > by the EFCC at the Supreme Court. I am not aware the
> > lawmakers were even charged to court. In Bayelsa State, one
> > of them became the Deputy Governor and in Ekiti State one of
> > them became the Acting Governor.
> >
> > (b) When Ribadu refused to arrest and prosecute the
> > likes of Bode George and Andy Uba, despite large outcry from
> > the press.
> >
> > (c) When, in the sale of Russel Center, a property
> > priced and assessed at N3.2 Billion suddenly dwindled to
> > N2.3 Billion under Ribadu's watch (I have the documents).
> > Ribadu was later to say it was his lawyers that handled the
> > sale, not himself! Haba!
> >
> > I cannot remember whether you wrote letters to these
> > prominent lawyers at that time asking why they kept "stoic
> > silence". It must have been an oversight by you. Even the
> > silence you kept too must have been an oversight by you. But
> > I remember I spoke up against all these acts of corruption
> > and abuse of office.
> >
> > THE DOCUMENTS YOU SUPPLIED
> >
> > (1) ON CASH WITHDRAWALS FROM E.F.C.C ACCOUNT
> >
> > I unreservedly condemn any withdrawal of funds from the
> > public till without a clear purpose. However, you had no
> > document to back this claim and how the money was
> > misappropriated. Please, let me have the documents when you
> > have them so we can fight this together. Please let me also
> > have a comparative table on amounts spent by Ribadu in
> > running the E.F.C.C monthly so we can make proper
> > deductions.
> >
> > (2) ON PROPERTY AT 10 PORT NOVO STREET, WUSE II, ABUJA
> >
> > I condemn any acquisition of public property by a public
> > office holder without a clear source of the money. However,
> > you had no document at all to back this claim. You said
> > Waziri paid a deposit of N5 million naira, and "it was not
> > clear how Mrs. Waziri paid the balance of N45 million
> > naira". As a result, anytime you become sure of your
> > facts, please do let me know.
> >
> >
> > PROPERTY AT PLOT 1460 OF 25 TRENT RIVER STREET, MAITAMA
> >
> > According to you, this property was allocated to her, like
> > many other prominent Nigerians whom you listed. It was later
> > revoked and taken away from her. Maybe, as a public servant
> > she could not pay for it. However, you claimed that one
> > Zainab Naomi Salawu, who is her daughter, later acquired the
> > land.
> >
> > I want to assume that it is true that Zainab is Farida's
> > daughter. But this case is exactly the case of Ribadu. In
> > 2005, Ribadu was offered a palatial home in Maitama by
> > El-Rufai, whom he saw nothing wrong against throughout his
> > tenure (we now know better!) for forty-five million naira.
> > Ordinarily, that house should have cost triple that amount.
> > Ribadu, like Farida, claimed he had no money to pay for it.
> > So he approached his father-in-law, Professor Ilya Abubakar,
> > who provided the money!
> >
> > I do not see the crime Ribadu committed by approaching his
> > father-in-law to provide the funds for him. I have never
> > raised issues about this. And for me to be consistent on
> > this, I do not also see the crime Farida Waziri committed by
> > renouncing the land and for her daughter who is married (and
> > can get money form her husband) to later buy it. Like in
> > Ribadu's case, I will not criticize her yet, unless I see
> > evidence that the funds used by her daughter was corruptly
> > acquired or taken E.F.C.C.
> >
> > MERCEDEZ BENZ GL GIFT FROM GOVERNOR GODSWILL AKPABIO
> >
> > This is the simplest thing to which I can respond. When the
> > operators of the Police Equipment Fund got desperate to
> > tarnish me, they alleged they gave me a Jeep and Ten Million
> > Naira. No single document backed their claim. No Bill of
> > lading by which the car was imported, no chassis no., e.t.c.
> > I told the public to disregard them.
> >
> > How then can I then turn around and accuse someone else of
> > the same thing without a single document? Haba! But your
> > story may be substantially true. It may also be
> > substantially false.
> >
> > Just provide evidence and we shall fight this together.
> > Like I said before, I fight with evidence.
> >
> > ON RIBADU'S ALLEGED HOUSES ABROAD
> >
> > Like in the case of Waziri, I will never accuse Ribadu of
> > acquiring properties abroad without proper documentation.
> > Check my public speeches. I have never done that. In fact
> > you spent a lot of time, energy and skill showing in graphic
> > form how people COULD HAVE lied that Ribadu owns properties
> > abroad. That is your prerogative and I will not criticize
> > you for that. I will only caution that you cannot stick your
> > neck out for a public officer, like I will never do, whether
> > it is for Waziri or Ribadu.
> >
> > Think about that. Your conclusion that all the allegations
> > against Ribadu have been "investigated" by you and found
> > to be untrue betrays a bias that is deep-seated on this
> > issue. Do not be caught in an embarrassing position. You are
> > not a detective or a law-enforcement agent. Keep your mind
> > open.
> >
> > What I have done and I continue to do is to say I disagree
> > with those who now seek to build our collective struggle to
> > enthrone a corrupt-free society around a policeman who was
> > picked by a corrupt dictator, bent on perpetuating himself
> > in office, to do his bidding. And when it came to the
> > crunch, this same policeman refused to lift a finger,
> > despite a mass of evidence against the following persons and
> > more:
> >
> > (1) Andy Uba who was caught smuggling dollars to the
> > U.S ( I have the documents and I went to court over this)
> > (2) Alao-Akala whom Ribadu called a thief publicly. (I
> > have the publications)
> > (3) Bode George who was indicted by an investigative
> > panel. (I have the report)
> > (4) Fani-Kayode, who was the Man Friday of Obasanjo,
> > and who was alleged to be involved in corrupt practices. (I
> > have the documents and I am prosecuting)
> > (5) Kenny Martins who is an in-law to Obasanjo and
> > looted public funds in the name of the Police (I have the
> > documents and I am in court over this)
> > (6) Professor Borishade who the Senate rejected many
> > times as a Minister and was re-nominated many times by
> > Obasanjo, and was later linked to corrupt practices (I have
> > the documents)
> > (7) Iyabo Obasanjo, the daughter to Obasanjo (who has
> > been charged to court for corruption)
> > ( El-Rufai, the known acolyte of Obasanjo (who has
> > been declared wanted for corruption)
> >
> > My brother, Sowore, I will never deify the person who
> > failed to act against these individuals, but rather brought
> > out a list of over 100 politicians indicted for corruption
> > when many of them never knew they were being investigated or
> > were they even invited for questioning. All was in a bid to
> > prevent them from running for offices to satisfy Obasanjo.
> >
> > I don't forget history easily, that is why my position on
> > Ribadu is what it is. I am not a politician, so I am not
> > looking for votes from the public. As a result, my positions
> > on matters are not dictated by popular sentiments,
> > especially built by the Press, even when my conscience and
> > thinking say otherwise. I take my positions based on my
> > deep-seated convictions and beliefs, even if the world is
> > going the other way. For instance, Chief Gani Fawehinmi,
> > whom we all respect so much, has been defending in court
> > those allegedly corrupt drug dealers, accused and charged to
> > court for attempting to murder another anti-corruption
> > amazon, Dora Akunyili, despite popular sentiment. The case
> > is still at the Supreme Court. But Gani still stands tall in
> > his beliefs.
> >
> > Fortunately, Sowore, we have agreed on so many things in
> > the past, but have disagreed on the singular issue of the
> > Ribadu saga. But I still respect your opinion, and I hope
> > you respect mine as well. In future we shall agree on other
> > issues.
> >
> > Since assuming office, Farida Waziri, have either charged
> > those listed above as "untouchables" to court and
> > declared some of them wanted. That is not to say she is a
> > saint. That is not to say I can vouch for her. But these are
> > the facts as I have them. And I prefer to work with facts.
> >
> > I rest my case.

GBAM!

Keyamo has shone a torch into the hidden crevices of Ribadu's world.

This letter alone can finish Ribadu's credibility.

But Keyamo, why you dey expose your guy Omoyele na? You no say Naijamen dey do some kain funny things to get visa. 

4Play, I need legal analysis on this shit. 

They are all getting the attention they have always wanted. Unfortunately, poor nigerians usually become the scapegoat at the end of the day.

Stop being gullible my friends.

Jairzinho:

Stop being gullible my friends.

Care to be more specific on who your gullible friends are and why they are gullible?

, and the story continues .Where are waiting for part III

This is getting interesting. I think Keyamo was not smart opening himself up with all these stories because he has indirectly opened himself up for further attacks from Sowore but lets watch and enjoy this new online Nigerian soap opera, reminds me of Bolekaja President by Reuben Abati during Obasanjo and Atiku conflicts. Sowore over to you!

When the peoples' sweethearts like keyamo and sowore get into dirty fights like this; what happens and who suffers?
Oya, answer. . . . . . . . . . .

This confirms my thought all along

Festus Keyamo does not deserve to prominent voice in our nation

what kind of blabbing is this

What is he saying, and what does Omoyele's medical records got to do with his silence over Waziri's EFCC.

Festus Keyamo is just some little fool who should not be taken seriously in an organised country.

Sowore just got pwned by Keyamo!
The part in bold is the most important part of his response.

idiopathic:


> > What I have done and I continue to do is to say I disagree
> > with those who now seek to build our collective struggle to
> > enthrone a corrupt-free society around a policeman who was
> > picked by a corrupt dictator, bent on perpetuating himself
> > in office, to do his bidding.

I am appalled that so many Nigerians are using Ribadu's travails as a basis for abandoning the fight against corruption. ONly in Nigeria do we embrace mediocrity, and have such low benchmarks for success.

Look, as we speak the May or Baltimore is soon to go on trial for corruption. The prosecutors allege she misused $15000 of taxpayers money.
This same Mayor has cut down unemployment and reduced the city's homicide rate to it's lowest level in many many years.

If it was in Nigeria people would say that she has  tried, that we should leave her alone.

Sometimes i weep for country.

mikeansy:

This confirms my thought all along

Festus Keyamo does not deserve to prominent voice in our nation

what kind of blabbing is this

This mentality you have is not gonna be helpful to you in life, let me tell you upfront.
You had a mindset that anyone who does not jump on the Ribadu bandwagon must be evil, and as such i'll bet you didnt even read what Keyamo had to say.
Why don't you go over what he said and then YOU write out what he said that is wrong or illogical. I dare you!

mikeansy:

, and what does Omoyele's medical records got to do with his silence over Waziri's EFCC.

Keyamo is naturally pissed off at Sowore for going public with the letter even after he had sent a private copy to Keyamo. The original letter insinuated that Keyamo had been silenced by the EFCC with cash. Even i would be annoyed.

mikeansy:


Festus Keyamo is just some little fool who should not be taken seriously in an organised country.

Yet you forget that Keyamo is the one that is taking the House of Reps to task for the billions of naira embezzled in the peugeot scandal. No one else. Isn't this part of the battle against corruption? Are you now saying we should squash this investigation also?
Unfortunately for you, Keyamo is an established, respectable lawyer. You on the other hand have now shown yourself to lack any reasonable amount of intelligence.

mikeansy:

Festus Keyamo is just some little fool who should not be taken seriously in an organised country.

Lol. . . . . is nigeria an organized country? Hope you are not high?

what you don't realise is that while the mayor of baltimore was working hard, other mayors were working hard too. The likes of Mayor Bloomberg.
So if Mayor Baltimore steals then she has failed

That is not the case with Ribadu

We have the police, we have the ICPC, we have the Code of conduct bureau. . . . . All these are older than the EFCC
A Ribadu comes and builds the EFCC to be the envy of the world. And we say he should be crucified because SUCCESS to us is an anomaly.

There is even no evidence of corruption against Ribadu. Except the evidence Waziri copied from yellow pages

Instead of reforming the other hundreds of failing agencies in nigeria. We prefer to reform one of the only 2 successful agency.

Festus Keyamo can go hang, Ribadu is a hero.

Texxapette wants to talk about mediocrity, I advise you to go and look up the word once again in a dictionary. Come back and tell me between Ribadu and the trio of Waziri/Aondoakaa/Keyamo who is mediocre.

nuzo:

Lol. . . . . is nigeria an organized country? Hope you are not high?

Was saying the reason Keyamo has a voice is because Nigeria is not an organised country and people are not really informed

All of a sudden in Keyamo's world Ribadu is all of Nigeria's problem

And the willingness by Festus Keyamo to use the word 'policeman' in a derogatory manner is something we also have to examine.

Sowore, the man Sowore - he was my Student Union President in University of Lagos, 1994 - the man who has eyes and nose for controversies - hmmm- the man who in the pretest of going abroad for medical treatment, now, ten years after, now writes and says he is fighting for Nigeria- fighting for Nigeria my small moda foking butt hole - these people are nothing, he studies Geography in school, he couldnt make anything out of Geography, he ran out of Nigeria and became one of those diasporians who runs the country down in the pretext of fighting for in justice, why not bring your butt hole down to Nigeria and fight, if you realy think you are fighting. How come your treatment is still on going, ten years after? I witnessed the whole cultist saga at that time, and i wonder what chemicals you were injected with - like Keyamo said, bring records forth before we can ever listen to you again, if you lied, stayed abroad under false pretext, then you should be the first person EFCC should go after.

If you want to be a public whatever, you must be transparent 100% yourself - or did you win a visa lottery to stay permanently in America, or are you still in hospital or you married an American, you need to be investigated, and if there is anything worth sniffing in how you come to make America a permanent place of abode, if there are forged papers, false marriage or anyhting, i will personaly cut your balls off, fry them in a 140degree heated saucepan, take them to Ribadu and serve it to him for breakfast - you dig?

Sowore is an example of the average Nigerian youth who runs abroad because of the failure in our country

And as we speak there are million flooding foreign embassies doing same

Some others are even willing to float on vessels that will take them anywhere but Nigeria.

And this is an indictment on our corrupt government.

Stop being gullible my friends.


Care to be more specific on who your gullible friends are and why they are gullible?

Nuzo,
look at yourself. in a long meaningful write up like this, u have nothing to make out of it rather u choose to attack someone for saying, stop been gullible my friends. it is simple u don't have any contribution to make here and u cannot stay away from it so attack will be the best action to distract our attentions here. i think u make and u will continue to make more sense when u keep quiet.

@poster,
Keyamo is the best thing that happens to nigeria. we like people with facts and figures.
if points are led down like this, it takes points too to counter them. if anyone has facts like keyamo, let him go ahead and make them known.
he has done great works in presenting his cases in black and white and these issues can be proved at any level and every nigerian is aware of these points.
ribadu is engaging the services of 1 million lawyers and that is exactly what his victims were doing then.

Sowore, the man Sowore - he was my Student Union President in University of Lagos, 1994 - the man who has eyes and nose for controversies - hmmm- the man who in the pretest of going abroad for medical treatment, now, ten years after, now writes and says he is fighting for Nigeria- fighting for Nigeria my small moda foking butt hole - these people are nothing, he studies Geography in school, he couldnt make anything out of Geography, he ran out of Nigeria and became one of those diasporians who runs the country down in the pretext of fighting for in justice, why not bring your butt hole down to Nigeria and fight, if you realy think you are fighting. How come your treatment is still on going, ten years after? I witnessed the whole cultist saga at that time, and i wonder what chemicals you were injected with - like Keyamo said, bring records forth before we can ever listen to you again, if you lied, stayed abroad under false pretext, then you should be the first person EFCC should go after.

If you want to be a public whatever, you must be transparent 100% yourself - or did you win a visa lottery to stay permanently in America, or are you still in hospital or you married an American, you need to be investigated, and if there is anything worth sniffing in how you come to make America a permanent place of abode, if there are forged papers, false marriage or anyhting, i will personaly cut your balls off, fry them in a 140degree heated saucepan, take them to Ribadu and serve it to him for breakfast - you dig?

Bronx,
at least am at home with ur write up as i am now sure that i have not been writing with secondary school boys.
obj was a dictector who was fighting corruption and we know what it means. sowore is on medical visit to the usa and as such has little or no information on the situation in nigeria. let us leave his means of going there but my suggestion is that he shld concentrate on his health as we have enough sick people at the helm of affairs here.
if he insist on fighting corruption, he shld work hard and provide us with facts and figures and important personels like keyawo cannot afford to work on hear say.

i will be happy if any ribadu supporters will stand up to prove keyamo wrong on any of the issues he mentioned here in his reply. on the other hand, ribadu must have read this reply and stands a chance of telling his sympathizers what really happened with the issues highlighted by keyamo.

ribadu was on the driver's seat in the april polls as he was the chief screening officer and what we have today is ribadu's choices. ribadu to me was more of a politician than a policeman.

Don't you find it interesting that always on Nairaland, unintelligent folks with very poor language are always the ones supporting mediocrity, while those with logical reasoning,well articulated and constructive arguments are the ones that support excellence.

Keyamo has failed to realize that in the court of public opinion, the emphasis on proof/evidence does not hold as much weight as that of reason. Keyamo is a Lawyer and has tried to defend himself legally.
We the public don't care nothing for specific evidence or documents.We are not the Judiciary. Afterall,documents can easily be forged.
We look at the presentations and decide for ourselves what we feel the facts are.
And in my opinion, Sowore has more facts and credibility than Keyamo.

bronx_dog:

Sowore, the man Sowore - he was my Student Union President in University of Lagos, 1994 - the man who has eyes and nose for controversies - hmmm- the man who in the pretest of going abroad for medical treatment, now, ten years after, now writes and says he is fighting for Nigeria- fighting for Nigeria my small moda foking butt hole - [b]these people are nothing, he studies Geography in school, he couldnt make anything out of Geography, he ran out of Nigeria [/b]and became one of those diasporians who runs the country down in the pretext of fighting for in justice, why not bring your butt hole down to Nigeria and fight, if you realy think you are fighting.

@bronx_dog
Don't you find it interesting that the man Sowore, who you refer to as a 'nothing man" who studied geography is respected enough to get a lengthy reply from "the reknowned lawyer" Keyamo. Try writing Keyamo a letter, lets see if you get a reply! By any count, you have no moral justification to speak on success where Sowore stands.
The man Sowore is a success by any count and he is making massive impact from his base in US.
Asides, I think most high profile corrupt officials would now think twice before embezzling for the fear of Sahara Reporters.

while i totally agree that the way and manner the sowore man sent an email to keyamo without informing him that he has made it public at the same time isnt the right way to go,keyamo in turn harping on about the guy's medical issues and how he left the shores of nigeria is at best nit picking while ignoring the pertinent issues the guy raised.

i think keyamo is guilty because its obvious he is using the classic lawyer's defence,first trying to cast aspersion on the witness personality so as to render his testimony useless, whats the correlation of someone falsifying medical records to travel abroad with him consorting with known thieves in the society?

then rather than addressing the issues,he goes on talking about his many achievements and lastly in a very long email dedicates less than 200 words to addressing the main question,i have said it in past comments that keyamo has been compromised and all he and the likes of ozhekome who has not made a secret of consorting with alams have done is to use anti corruption crusade as a stepping stone to further their careers,ill advice him not to step to the sowore guy cause he has much more to lose, even i know that most of the purported anti corruption crusades he has fought were mainly set ups, politicians setting rivals up and then using the likes of keyamo giving him evidence, i hope people close to gani fawehinmi will show his this email where he levelled some allegations so that he can clear himself,

on the whole what isee of nigeria is our willingness to make individuals who are unworthy overnight heroes,hence the reason these guys become overnight celebrities because they have a loud voice and carve up the media rhetoric's we like to hear,even while consorting with the same corrupt politicians behind closed doors, Mr sowore over to you!!

bronx_dog:

Sowore, the man Sowore - he was my Student Union President in University of Lagos, 1994 - the man who has eyes and nose for controversies - hmmm- the man who in the pretest of going abroad for medical treatment, now, ten years after, now writes and says he is fighting for Nigeria- fighting for Nigeria my small moda foking butt hole - these people are nothing, he studies Geography in school, he couldnt make anything out of Geography, he ran out of Nigeria and became one of those diasporians who runs the country down in the pretext of fighting for in justice, why not bring your butt hole down to Nigeria and fight, if you realy think you are fighting. How come your treatment is still on going, ten years after? I witnessed the whole cultist saga at that time, and i wonder what chemicals you were injected with - like Keyamo said, bring records forth before we can ever listen to you again, if you lied, stayed abroad under false pretext, then you should be the first person EFCC should go after.

If you want to be a public whatever, you must be transparent 100% yourself - or did you win a visa lottery to stay permanently in America, or are you still in hospital or you married an American, you need to be investigated, and if there is anything worth sniffing in how you come to make America a permanent place of abode, if there are forged papers, false marriage or anyhting, i will personaly cut your balls off, fry them in a 140degree heated saucepan, take them to Ribadu and serve it to him for breakfast - you dig?

You surely must be a gay. Even MKO ran abroad for fear of his life when things got deep and he realised his life wasn't safe any longer before he eventually came back after people were calling him a coward. Do you think Sahara Reporters would be that successful if they were operating in Nigeria.

Through most of your posts, you seem to have something against diasporans. Why not change your name to Ajegunle_dog rather than Bronx-dog.

You surely are a retard and nobody needs to break a sweat in responding to your dimwit posts.

How have Sahara reporters been running the country down by bringing objective news to our computer screens week in week out, what a dumb ass you've been. Even our high profile Reuben Abati was revealed to have been awarded a plof of land by the so called EFCC and now let's see if heads would roll. Is there really any saint out there? Are you a saint? You should just go somewhere and hang your head in shame with all this negativity you spew online especially against diasporans. It'll do you a lot of good else you'll just ru yourself a high blood pressure and you'll die for nothing.

chidichris:

Nuzo,
look at yourself. in a long meaningful write up like this, u have nothing to make out of it rather u choose to attack someone for saying, stop been gullible my friends. it is simple u don't have any contribution to make here and u cannot stay away from it so attack will be the best action to distract our attentions here. i think u make and u will continue to make more sense when u keep quiet.

I will keep quiet like you suggested, mr ungullible nigerian.
Ribadu has gone, what else do you want now? sowore?

bronx_dog:

Sowore, the man Sowore - he was my Student Union President in University of Lagos, 1994 - the man who has eyes and nose for controversies - hmmm- the man who in the pretest of going abroad for medical treatment, now, ten years after, now writes and says he is fighting for Nigeria- fighting for Nigeria my small moda foking butt hole - these people are nothing, he studies Geography in school, he couldnt make anything out of Geography, he ran out of Nigeria and became one of those diasporians who runs the country down in the pretext of fighting for in justice, why not bring your butt hole down to Nigeria and fight, if you realy think you are fighting. How come your treatment is still on going, ten years after? I witnessed the whole cultist saga at that time, and i wonder what chemicals you were injected with - like Keyamo said, bring records forth before we can ever listen to you again, if you lied, stayed abroad under false pretext, then you should be the first person EFCC should go after.

If you want to be a public whatever, you must be transparent 100% yourself - or did you win a visa lottery to stay permanently in America, or are you still in hospital or you married an American, you need to be investigated, and if there is anything worth sniffing in how you come to make America a permanent place of abode, if there are forged papers, false marriage or anyhting, i will personaly cut your balls off, fry them in a 140degree heated saucepan, take them to Ribadu and serve it to him for breakfast - you dig?

Whoever this Nairalander is, he or she must be a BIG FOOL. The idiot is not ashamed that the guy whom most likely was either his/her set or at worst 3-4 years behind is the guy shaking corrupt leaders in Nigeria now.

I bet the reason why you have not progressed further that this is because of your poor mindset and the fake copy cat dirty lifestyle you live as evidence in your fake yankee accent. Useless wannabe!

Omoyele Sowore, the guy you called "nothing" is obviously 100% better than you are. Where he is now will always be very far for you. It is not a curse. Nonsense!

Keyamo has just confirmed the saying by the Yorubas' that "t'enu baje oju a ti", translated literally that if the mouth eats, then the eye will be ashamed.  It does not necessarily mean something unlawful as his taking brief from EFCC is lawful by all means. However, for survival reasons, a person will be tempted to ignore and overlook whatever bad things his employers are doing to keep his employment intact. And that is the crux of the matter with Keyamo.  How can he be justified after taking millions from from EFCC to go after his benefactors to wit - Farida and Andoakaa? It is not just thinkable.
Whatever Keyamo has done and is currently doing as an activist is to help further his ego and popularity and in so doing, has been smiling to the bank.
He has not done himself any good by trying to rubbish the reputation of Sowore in the mud.  We are not gullible, and we know better.  This young guy- Sowore has given a lot of Nigerians a platform to express their opinions and anger at the corrupt Nigeria government.  He is a hero to many.

while i totally agree that the way and manner the sowore man sent an email to keyamo without informing him that he has made it public at the same time isnt the right way to go,keyamo in turn harping on about the guy's medical issues and how he left the shores of nigeria is at best nit picking while ignoring the pertinent issues the guy raised.

i think keyamo is guilty because its obvious he is using the classic lawyer's defence,first trying to cast aspersion on the witness personality so as to render his testimony useless, whats the correlation of someone falsifying medical records to travel abroad with him consorting with known thieves in the society?

then rather than addressing the issues,he goes on talking about his many achievements and lastly in a very long email dedicates less than 200 words to addressing the main question,i have said it in past comments that keyamo has been compromised and all he and the likes of ozhekome who has not made a secret of consorting with alams have done is to use anti corruption crusade as a stepping stone to further their careers,ill advice him not to step to the sowore guy cause he has much more to lose, even i know that most of the purported anti corruption crusades he has fought were mainly set ups, politicians setting rivals up and then using the likes of keyamo giving him evidence, i hope people close to gani fawehinmi will show his this email where he levelled some allegations so that he can clear himself,

on the whole what isee of nigeria is our willingness to make individuals who are unworthy overnight heroes,hence the reason these guys become overnight celebrities because they have a loud voice and carve up the media rhetoric's we like to hear,even while consorting with the same corrupt politicians behind closed doors, Mr sowore over to you!!

lucabrasi,
that is what we are saying about facts. every nigerian has a story to tell on every issue u can think of but what matters is how far can u go to prove your opinion.
in the case of keyamo, i would want you to point to those issues that sowore pointed to where keyamo overlooked.
is it not obvious here that this set of people called pdp are using nigeria and nigerians.
the man obj selected ribadu and he selected yar adua among other things. in his war against corruption, ribadu did not lift nigeria up in reality rather he did so in the pages of the newspapers.
how do u leave objects to pursue shadows. we have the problems of nigeria right there in aso rock and u are telling me going after yahoo boys in cyber cafes will solve our problems.
what is happening to those who federal contracts were given? what happens to oil funds? what happened to the electorial system that became money controlled toy?
i bet u a 100 ribadus can never make nigeria move.
all in all,how did our economy gain from the war that took place under obj? keyamo mentioned names, are we saying ribadu was or is not aware of names like bode george, tony annenih, borishade, andy uba etc.
nigeria has three tires of govt viz; federal, state and local level. in which organisation can u just start a war from the middle of a system? is eight u start from the top or from the bottom.
the efcc under obj was designed to guide the electorial madness of obj and that was achieved.
imagine, efcc descending so low to arrest Chief T.O.Orji because he was going to challenge pdp in abia state gubernitorial election. he won from the efcc net and he was immediately released just to show what the arrest was all about.
Iyabo obasanjo's opponent was arrested by efcc evevn when the man in question never held any public position in his life. what ribadu did for obj was exactly what mustapha did for abacha and had it been that anyone outside obj boys won the election, ribadu by now would have suffered more than mustapha

Sowore was wrong for publishing the e-mail online but Keyamo messed up more strategically and IMO may be the looser in this battle. In his response he went very personal and deviated from the main issue. All those talks of his achievements blah, blah, blah are rantings of a confused man and a ready arsenal for Sowore against him should he (Sowore) want to fight dirty with him.

I know this will be interesting. The days ahead will bring us back here for more discussions.

chidichris:

lucabrasi,
that is what we are saying about facts. every nigerian has a story to tell on every issue u can think of but what matters is how far can u go to prove your opinion.
in the case of keyamo, i would want you to point to those issues that sowore pointed to where keyamo overlooked.
is it not obvious here that this set of people called pdp are using nigeria and nigerians.
the man obj selected ribadu and he selected yar adua among other things. in his war against corruption, ribadu did not lift nigeria up in reality rather he did so in the pages of the newspapers.
how do u leave objects to pursue shadows. we have the problems of nigeria right there in aso rock and u are telling me going after yahoo boys in cyber cafes will solve our problems.
what is happening to those who federal contracts were given? what happens to oil funds? what happened to the electorial system that became money controlled toy?
i bet u a 100 ribadus can never make nigeria move.
all in all,how did our economy gain from the war that took place under obj? keyamo mentioned names, are we saying ribadu was or is not aware of names like bode george, tony annenih, borishade, andy uba etc.
nigeria has three tires of govt viz; federal, state and local level. in which organisation can u just start a war from the middle of a system? is eight u start from the top or from the bottom.
the efcc under obj was designed to guide the electorial madness of obj and that was achieved.
imagine, efcc descending so low to arrest Chief T.O.Orji because he was going to challenge pdp in abia state gubernitorial election. he won from the efcc net and he was immediately released just to show what the arrest was all about.
Iyabo obasanjo's opponent was arrested by efcc evevn when the man in question never held any public position in his life. what ribadu did for obj was exactly what mustapha did for abacha and had it been that anyone outside obj boys won the election, ribadu by now would have suffered more than mustapha

My man, I hope you understand that Ribadu is just one man who served for less than 5 years in a country where corruption have taken absolute control of. While he was there the word EFCC meant something to us. All these complains should be forwarded to the new head as the guy you are complaining about has done his bit and moved on.

who made sowore a hero? did that guy even graduate from the university? keyamo has done a very good job and his write up speaks for itself. He who comes to equity must do so with clean hands. Both Ribadu and Sowore have their hands soiled and should forever hold their peace.

what is this new linking of Ribadu and Sowore all about

Sowore was only willing to report the impunity in our system which the Nigerian media refused to report.

How does that suggest any relationship between Ribadu and Sowore

In fact even Anti-Ribadu articles appear on Saharareporters

Well am not suprised, if people can suggest that Gani Fawenhinmi is now Ribadu's paid labourer then they can spin anything.

@chidichris
if you have readmy comments in the past about ribadu,i have always said it loud and clear that i do not support ribadu based on his way of doing things est,
as for festus keyamo,i said while he addressed the guy sowore's email,he only went over it while he dedicated majotity of his long email to his achievements,aspersions about the guy's character and pre empting any suggestions that he was corrupt by listing his properties as if the mere mention of these properties absolves him of corrupt or underhand dealings,
to reiterate however,what i am saying about facts is for mr keyamo to stop confusing issues,the issue is not about how sowore got his visa,that is not our business,after all who can honestly say they are not guilty of falsifying in one way or another visa applications?
the issues is for him to shed more light on his reasons for"the stoic silence"he has maintained since he got his consulting job at the e.f.c.c.
if he owns up and says for example that it was just a coincidence,that is more beleivable than thinking he is muddling up issues or outsmarting our collective intelligence,because frankly speaking he is making at best a pathetic attempt

the issue is not about his past achievements,which are largely made possible by politicians who want to hurt their rivals and so provide him with the "ammunition"and so he gets the accolade of being an anti corruption crusader and hence more clients while the politician suceeds in dirtying his opponents, while bankole is not clean,this is the same thing he did during the car saga, bankole's opponents used him as a tool
thank GOD he mentioned the issue of ten million and a jeep as purpoted bribe given to him by kenny martins, pray why will kenny martins single him out as the beneficiary of 10million and a jeep if something wasnt fishy somewhere?

In chidicris' world those are issues

Sowore's medical record, that is what Festus Keyamo will rather talk about

Chidicris has a reputation of not sticking to the topic, its no suprise why he thinks Keyamo is raising issue by talking about 20year old trivialities in response to his anti-corruption stance in the last 12months.

Keyamo should kindly tell us about the success of Farida's EFCC in which he is a paid employee