₦airaland Forum

blink182: Lol, keyamo is a bad candidate to choose to represent you guys. You had better start looking in the direction of Victor Ochei, Peter Obi and Ifeanyi Okowa that is if you people really want it.

yes i like intelligent arguments, now how is keyamo a bad choice? I dnt knw of any anioma or any other person apart from NOI that is more credible and reliable than this keyamo guy. He has been in d struggle since 1994 to bring good governance to Nigeria,bt he is choosing to start 4rm his state. Just imagine, other states are wishing they have d likes of keyamo as anti corruptn crusader in their states, we are here talkin abt whose turn is to rule. We need to grow above ethnic and money politics, it will never guarantee good governance.

It has been rumored that it is the turn of Delta North to produce the next governor of Delta State in 2015. Delta State is divided into three senatorial districts which Delta North has not produce the governor since the creation of Delta State and the enthronement of democracy in 1999. But a school of thought assumed that the next governor of Delta State should be the choice of the Deltans not one particular godfather handpicking his choice candidate or aspirant from the ruling political party in the state. Some political cabals have taken the state to the cleaners over the years without corresponding infrastructural developments to effect political change among the Deltans.

Though Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) is waxing stronger to capture Delta State in 2015, but some cabals within the opposition party in the state were sacked as a result of scrupulous acts while Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is not leaving any stone unturned to make sure the seat of the governorship position is politically retained by the party. Some political leaders within the ruling party have been paying some unscheduled political visits in the name of appreciating political elders and leaders of the party while some are indirectly displaying their political agenda towards 2015 with the fear of not to be intimidated and panicky by one ruling cabal in the party. To some extent, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has equally brought some dividends of democracy to the people but my personal moan with him is failure to conduct the Delta State Local Government Elections and allows corruption to strive in the system.

The three senatorial districts, Delta South and Delta Central have occupied the governorship position while Delta North is yet to produce the governor under the PDP political arrangement. Some regions in the state like the Isokos, Delta Igbos, Kwales have been totally marginalized over the years. The unity of Deltans is being threatened by some political cabals that are in the ruling party while some regions within the state are strongly agitating for their own state, more local governments, senatorial districts and clans. The fact remains that corruption cannot be ruled out in any political party in Nigeria. The so-called new APC is the transmute of PDP and other political parties in Nigeria.

2015 would not be too easy for PDP because all the three senatorial districts want to produce their own governor without following the zoning arrangement in the state. Only few political leaders in the state have able to represent their people well while others see the position as opportunity to amass wealth and ignore calls and text messages of electorates that voted for them. Although, Delta State governorship position is opened to everybody but some possible candidates are mere jokers, noisemakers, media hype pretenders and posters ‘campaigners. We still have other political parties in the state that would likely want to bring their own candidates for the position of the governorship in 2015.

Barrister Festus Keyamo is one of the possible candidates to contest for the governorship race for 2015 but yet to disclose his political party to the public. He is one of the vibrant candidates to wrestle power from some powerful cabals in the state. Some schools of thought still assumed that Festus Keyamo is not a politician rather a human right activist of the 21st century while activists do not make a good leadership in political position. He has legally contributed to the developmental progress of deprived Nigerians in terms of political mortification and others. He is the pioneer of the new Delta Forces United (DFU) that opts to change the political leadership of Delta State.

Festus Egwarewa Adeniyi Keyamo Esq, lawyer, social crusader, critic and columnist is an intriguing personality. He was born in Ughelli. Delta State of Nigeria on Wednesday, January 21, 1970 by a father who hails from Effurun, Warri in Delta State and a mother from Ilaro in Ogun state. Festus Keyamo attended Oharis (Model) Primary School, Ughelli, 1975 to 1981, Government College, Ughelli. 1981 to 1986 and received his Higher School Certificate (HSC) course in the same school armed with these certificates, he gained admission into Bendel State University (now Ambrose Alli University (AAU) Ekpoma, in Edo State and obtained his L.L. B degree (Second Class Upper) in 1992. He was called to Nigerian Bar on December 15, 1993 setting the stage for colorful career in law.

Keyamo as he is widely known started his legal practice in Gani Fawehinmi Chambers in Lagos at the height of the agitation for the revalidation of the June 2, 1993 election. Even as a young lawyer, he was on front row of legal activism representing icons like Beko Ransome- Kuti, chief frank Kokori and Ken Saro Wiwa as well as the duo of Chief M. K. O Abiola and Anthony Enahoro who were arrested in 1994 and other NADECO leaders. These challenging responsibilities helped to build Keyamo’s confidence in trenchant advocacy emerging with award of Best lawyer in Gani Fawehinmi Chambers in 1994.

He left Gani Fawehinmi Chambers in 1995 to establish his own law firm, Festus Keyamo Chambers which has since grown rapidly with Head Office at No 1 Festus Keyamo lane, Anthony village, Lagos State with branches in Abuja and Warri (Delta State) liaison office in many states

Keyamo has handled several controversial and landmark cases. He was counsel to the leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Mujaheed Dokubo- Asari in his trial for treasonable felony, lead counsel in the treason trial of the leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign state of Biafra (MASSOB) Chief Ralph Uwazuruike and other MASSOB leaders as well as counsel in brutal murder of elder statesman chief Bola Ige. As one of the prosecutors for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), he has secured the conviction of six public officers by full and complete trial (not plea- bargain).

During the Abacha regime, Keyamo formed against misguided youths (YAMY) set up to challenge the youth Earnestly Ask for Abacha (YEAA) of Daniel Kanu in 1997. He was mobilizing Nigerians on the streets to sign petitions to international bodies when Abacha died.

Recently, he initiated a probe of the leadership of the House of Representatives over alleged profligacy and mismanagement of public funds in the purchase of 380 units of 407 Peugeot cars.

Keyamo’s brush with the authorities has been audacious. He has been detained several times in prisons and cells across Nigeria on account of his crusades for justice, human rights and against corruption.

He has helped many youths of Delta State unjustly arrested and detained by the authorities free of charge and has been working closely with his Uvwie community for some years now to challenge the warped census figures allocated to Uvwie through the census. Tribunal and is also in court to reclaim their vast expanse of land compulsory acquired by the Army in 1975 purportedly for public purpose but now converted to private use. He was decorated with the Uvwie son of the year 2010.

A man of amazing gusto and dogged spirit, his honors include Best Single Advocate of Nigeria law students, Taslim Elias Most Trial Competition 1992; honorary Alumni of various students’ Association, Activist of the year (2001) by the students Union, University of Jos; listed in the new who is who in Nigeria, 2003; and nominated for the world medal of Honour 2003, the American Biographical institute, in 2005. He was conferred with the chieftaincy titles of Ogba- Uri of Ogor kingdom (strong man of the law) 2005 and Omorokaro of Uvwie Kingdom (The child who leads the way) 2001 in Delta State but prefers to be called Mr’.Though other political contestants have their strong political clouts of winning the governorship position in 2015 like Rt. Hon Victor Ochie, the present Delta State House of Assembly speaker, Great Ovedje Ogboru, present Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, Senator Manager, Chief Kpokpori, Comrade Macaulay Ovuozourie, Delta SSG and others.

Deltans should set to vote for reliable candidates not arrogant ones with any business of serving the people in the state house come 2015.Only Deltans would determine their possible candidate if money bags politics does not play its way out.

Written BY GODDAY ODIDI

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YES I CAN NOW START PREPARING MY SELF FOR THE FORTH COMING LOCAL GOVT ELECTION,WE MUST START TAKING THIS PEOPLE[PDP] FROM ALL ANGLE.APC..........................

SimplySEA: The politics of a man lies in the man and not in the party to which he belongs nor in the name of the party........

na lie o, pdp own don pass that ur statement o. NA OUR HAND E DEY O.............

wbankz: Old wine inside new bottle...same set of thieves hmmm sorry politicians i meant to say...but diff identity...how i wish all diz APC propaganda iz all for masses but lord knows MEGA PARTY..MEGA LOOTING

my friend open ur mind for ones, even if APC is not a saint, i still believe we should try other persons [party]. as it seems Nigeria has spent so much and achived so little under PDP. it is only a fool that does the same thing over and over again and expect a different result. NIGERIANS OPEN YA EYES. NA OUR HAND E DEY.

dodorima: APC is already a failure

How? Pls explain.

We are in great need of a strong national opposition party in this country. We cnt sit and watch a group of persns to rule us as they like, we need people dat ll challenge them in the state and local govt levels. God i pray they register the party come 2moro. Amen.

makahlj2: Flagellants in the Philippines. These folks are Catholic.

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u don see wen dm dy flog persn like dat 4 catholic church? I wont take dat kind of lash, unless i dy gate of heaven and God say i nid 2 take 100 lashes 2 enter paradise.

Na d 1 wen côncern me i go talk about, do we have grown up women, who have been circumcised on nairaland? If there are, they can kindly share us their experiences and tell us if female circumcisn is a good practise or nt.

just imagine, even an edo man. smh

Shame. Just becos of pkongis, our so called leaders, want to start poking young gals. I tears 4 Nigeria.

I believe if we have at list 36 keyamos spread across the country, every public officer will sit up and up and doing. How i wish we have more dogged lawyers in our county.

Sometime ago I started a thread on the most failed profession in Nigeria, and at the end Engineers and Lawyers carried the day. Supporters Engineers brought the argument that, Nigerian Government do not support or encourage invention or innovations. Some agreed with their point, but for the lawyers, no case, they are the number one most failed profession in this country.
We have millions of law graduates, barristers and sans , still we have broad day robbery, abuse of power and corruptions from our leaders with clear evidence, yet nobody is being sued to court.
But recently, I am beginning to see hope in the law profession in someone who has distinguish himself, he knows the law, he is fearless , he is vibrant, he is young, he is an activist and he isn’t scared of challenging any authority in this country.
During the Abacha regime, he and Gani of blessed memory, fought the military govt. he troubled Dimeji Bankole, he has dragged the Nigerian Army and the federal govt to court taking over large expanses of land belonging to ordinary Nigerian , he has single handedly won a case in favour of his local govt area against NPC, he has recently opened the eyes of our so called distinguished senators to the powers they have in the appointment of service chiefs and he is also the counsel to EFCC. He is no other person than BARR. FESTUS KEYAMO [the omo ro ko baro of Uvwie kingdom]. He is a DELTAN , an Uvwie man for that matter. I am proud of him. HE HAS COME HOME, DELTANS WATCH OUT FOR HIM

jay2k: my broda dont mind dis fools on NL waitin for d slites opotunity to unvail dea ignorance....dey tink gej nd his cohorts will jst pack d pro-amaechi's to prison cos dey be foul...my man jst tell dem dat dea is notin lik dat,...kkk after all somtin led to somtin nd dat is y it wount b wat u guys tink kk..

bros u mean sumtin led u to wanting to kill an harmless man? If there are evidences to show that the aluu guy was 1st attacked, then he should post it for the world to see.

The only video i have been seeing is a guy probably from aluu, hitting a fellow human with a broken supose symbol of authority. If i may ask wat camp is dat aluu man in, pro or anti ameachi?

adino: you are a very big phool and a permanent dullard. go to rivers state and protest, you dis e-rat.

but how did u knw,he was talk abt rivers state issue. All this pro gej and pro apc, all of una dy crase.

berem: Exactly what it is! Absolute misuse of power. Power intoxicates and it's seen all over the Damed Retardeeness.

how? Explain, how it is a power abuse. Whr is it in d constitution that it is power abuse.

ifeness: But don't you think this is a mis use of power?

how? My uncle na common contractor, he has 6 army guarding him. I dnt understand how it is power abuse o.

Yea

Observing tins.

Present SIR!

Jst 1billion? Aha watin we wan use dat small money do, Gej 4 collect like 200billion, complete this power wahala, transform our rail system, rebuilt our steel companies, set up new industries to produce nigerian made cars nd phones. Watin dy do dis our leaders sef

chidonbankz: I think u can buy two keke with it, then start high purchase biz, is very lucrative

guy, where dm dy sell keke 250k? I wan buy abeg

Guy if u reside in delta state, warri precisely, u either go into fish farming or buy keke, though expensive, u cn cari 8k daily hme.if i lie ask any warri persn 4 here.

Rolly83: Yes its real,i'll advice u to apply though its just for Rivers,Bayelsa and Delta state indegenes.

yea, i read it, am a deltan, are u also qualified to apply too?

God bless ur soul sir.

I stumbled on a guardian news of wed 3rd july 2013, and i saw an advertisement on shell live wire programme, i could read through evrything, before the owner of the paper collected it. I want to know, if anybody on nairaland, have seen such advert too and have a better information on d programme, its like an enterprenueral sponsorship programme by shell, i tried google, couldnt get d precise infor i need. Anybody wit guardian newspaper could help.

sova: Am a microbiologist, i believe in d present nd d fulture of diz grt course. we av a stake in nigeria, dia is a grt demand for microbioligist in health, tradomedical, food industries, pharmaceutical industries, breverages, brewing, environmental nd public health monitorin, lecturers nd researchers,epidemiologist, petroleum industries, community health services, customs, SON, NAFDAC etc.
Though u may need connection to gt hooked up deu to d condition for employment in nigeria, moreso, many of dix industries nw prefer 2.1 CGP holder
even without experience wt gud pay, bt d best u cn do for ur self is to increase ur knowledge, apply for sm professional courses.
Finally, remember, as far as dia ar reemerging disease, food nd breverage consumptn. Hope dey for us.
Samuel valentine B.Sc in Ind.Mcb IMSu 2012

bros abeg,what professional courses, can a microbiologist do?

Death sentence for stealing maybe 2 million naira. Wat abt Bankole, ibb, obj, lucky igbinedion, peter odili and all those polithiefcians that stole in million dollars. Not until we youths of dis country, do d egypt thing, the poor and weak will continue to be oppressed.

kingthreat: Guys as much as we despise NFF, lets give them a plus on this. Keshi was clueless to go to a tournament with just one main striker, who is Oduamadi. The rest were inexperienced and unknown. Can someone tell me what gambo Mohammed was doing there. Keshi gambled him to play his first international match and all we saw was nonsense. Keshi should outgrow all these nonsense of building a team. He's been building that since he became coach. By now, we should have a strong team, not just a flock of inexperienced boys making the Super Eagles team list.

let this man do his job,if he wants to build a new team,then we should allow him. Spain, Germany and those soccer super power teams built their team, which took some years. Keshi jst started, moreover its becos of d absence of moses nd emenike,dat was why our attack wasnt sharp,if nt team nigeria,played well,throughout d tournament.since keshi took over d team,Nigeria's style of play has improved. Mr maigari is jst an enermy of progress.

9jadelta: okwaraji was just an average player, he becomes legend because he died playing for his country. Nigeria vs india is a false story we keep telling ourselves till we forget the reality

R.I.P great samuel okwaraji

ingrate, jst an average player abi, that his club is demanding $15000, jst 2 play 4 his country. He played 4 AS ROMA of old, a club legends like maradonna nd d likes wantd 2 play 4. My friend u no dy respect d dead .