This was Festus Keyamo in 2011, shortly after the electoral victory of Goodluck Jonathan

Permit me to wholeheartedly thank the organisers
of this event for having considered me worthy
enough to stand before you to say a few things to
mark this day. It was only a few days ago that my
friend and brother, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari
informed me that I have been chosen to say some
things on this occasion. He duly informed me that
the topic would be “Goodluck Jonathan and the
expectations of Nigerians”.
It is so apposite that today, being a day set aside
to celebrate the life and times of Isaac Adaka
Boro, we are discussing Goodluck Jonathan, the
first person (whether military or civilian) from the
South-South extraction to become President and
Commander-In-Chief of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria. There is no gain-saying the fact that the
central theme of the life and times of Isaac Adaka
Boro was the struggle against the marginalisation
and oppression of the minorities from the South-
South region especially the Ijaw nation. He was
prepared to live and die for that cause.
Coincidentally, it was the same time in history
that Adaka Boro lived and died for his people that
Martin Luther King also lived and died for his race
in America . Curiously, it is now the same period
in history that the dream of Martin Luther King to
have one of his own (a black man) become the
President of America on the principle of equality
that he preached, that one of the dreams of Isaac
Adaka Boro which is the emergence of an Ijaw
man, (a minority) to become the President of
Nigeria has also materialised.
It is because of this long wait for the presidency
and long- suffering of the people of the South-
South region that it has become almost
impracticable for Jonathan to do any wrong in the
eyes of some of our people from the South-South
region. That is why it is so difficult to criticise your
own brother or blood in public. People would
normally expect you to make such matters a
family affair. Hence, this topic given to me today
is a difficult one from the point of sentiments, but
an easy one from the stand point of truth and
statistics. So my brothers here today must forgive
me if I appear too hard on the side of truth and
honesty in assessing Goodluck Jonathan.
The sentiments that preceded the emergence of
Jonathan as President when a cabal that was
beholden to the late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua
treated him so shabbily as Vice-president and
tried to prevent him from wielding executive
powers, coupled with his minority status that
gives him the character of an underdog in a shark
infested political environment, are the major twin
reasons he has enjoyed some level of sympathetic
support and consideration from political
bystanders and even from normally critical
sections of the country.
However, let me warn that this is where the
danger lies, that is, if we treat the administration
of Goodluck Jonathan with kid gloves because of
these sentiments mentioned above and especially
because he is one of us from the South-South
region. I think it is enough of the holiday
Jonathan has enjoyed from the critical section of
the country.

saharareporters.com/2011/05/17/goodluck-jonathan-and-expectations-nigerians-festus-keyamo

This was Festus Keyamo in 2015, a little while after Buhari became President

The so-called “uproar” over the perceived
“lopsided” appointments made so far by President
Buhari is nothing but an orchestrated frustration
of a few jobless politicians who depend only on
government appointments as their means of
livelihood and, of course, the noise of the latest
opposition party in town. The majority of
Nigerians want to see good governance, pure and
simple, and care less about the ethnic origin of
those appointed into positions.
Muhammadu Buhari during the inauguration
My worry is that the decade-long general division
of government positions into “juicy” and “non-
juicy”, and the mentality that these few “juicy”
positions must be shared equally amongst the
major ethnic groups was nothing but a
contraption of the old order from which we have
just liberated ourselves.
To my mind, all government appointments pose
an equal challenge to those appointed as a call to
higher service of fatherland. All public positions
come with an equal responsibility to be honest,
forthright and dedicated. To go further to classify
them as “juicy” or “non-juicy is just a euphemism
for positions that have enough money from which
to steal and those that are “dry”. Therefore, any
agitation from a section of the country to get
“juicy” positions is only an agitation for their
kinsmen to be appointed to steal enough from
which they would benefit.
I therefore unreservedly condemn, in the
strongest of terms, the so-called “uproar” about
“juicy positions” going only to a certain section of
this country. All sections of this country should be
happy and content with whatever positions that
the President deems fit, at the end of the day, to
give to their kinsmen.
After all, the President still has a long way to go
with appointments. He has not even filled up to
five percent of available positions.
Please, let the President be.
Thank you.
FESTUS KEYAMO, ESQ.

saharareporters.com/2015/08/28/purported-lopsided-appointments-president-buhari-festus-keyamo

This is for those, who claim that we are complaining and judging this government too early in the day. Well, now Oby Ezekwesili has started complaining, Falana is also complaining, Pat Utomi is complaining aswell. The question is when will Keyamo start his own complaints

I have never liked that man they call Keyamo. I have always seen him as too cunning A̶̲̥̅̊Ω̴̩̩̩̥D̶̲̥̅̊ sly for my liking. But, my dislike A̶̲̥̅̊Ω̴̩̩̩̥D̶̲̥̅̊ aversion for him hit critical mass, when he tried †̥♥ sweep the Bayelsa abducted girl's saga under the carpet, by claiming it W̶̲̥̅̊åS̤̈̊ a case ☀̤̣̈̇f Romeo & Juliet. The man is paid A̶̲̥̅̊Ω̴̩̩̩̥D̶̲̥̅̊ bought for, by the fulanis, A̶̲̥̅̊Ω̴̩̩̩̥D̶̲̥̅̊ so will do A̶̲̥̅̊Ω̴̩̩̩̥D̶̲̥̅̊ say anything on their behalf. ΨђåƮ a shameless man