Just received this petition which was sent to the IG of Police and
SSS from lawyer and rights activist Festus Keyamo about an alleged
threat to his life. Read below…
Threat to kill Mr. Festus Keyamo by Mr. Government Ekpemupolo (Alias Tompolo)
My name is Festus Keyamo. I am a Nigerian citizen and a senior member of the legal profession in Nigeria.
At exactly 10:13pm on Tuesday, October 28, 2014, I received a telephone call from one Mr. Government Ekpemupolo (alias Tompolo)
with phone number (I removed the number). We have been acquaintances in
the past, so I know his numbers. After reaffirming that he isTompolo when I picked his call, he went straight to the point by informing me that he wishes to inform me that he and his “boys”
will kill me by beating me to death or shooting me anywhere they can
find me. And that the hunt for me is on. His exact words in pidgin
English was “we dey look for you. Anywhere we see you, whether for Lagos or Abuja or Warri, we go beat you die or we go shoot you.”
He said he would kill me because I have decided to take up the
matter involving his blood brother, Mr. George Ekpemupolo, who was used
to illegally substitute another candidate, Mr. Weyinmi Omadeli (48 hours
to the election) in the Warri South-West L.G.A elections that were
concluded last Saturday in Delta State. He said no one has ever
challenged his authority in Delta State. Kindly find attached the open
letter I wrote to Governor Uduaghan of Delta State yesterday which has
sparked Tompolo’s determination to kill me.
I asked Tompolo FIVE TIMES whether,
he was, in fact, threatening my life over an open line and he said
nobody in the country can do anything about it by the time I am dead.
Co-incidentally, exactly three minutes after Tompolo dropped his line, His Excellency, Governor Udaughan called me at exactly 10.16pm, and I reported to him what just transpired between Tompolo
and myself. The Governor promised to speak with him, but that cannot be
reassuring enough, and I know the remedy in law against an intended
murderer is not to beg him but to ignite the criminal justice system
against him, no matter how comatose that system is.
I know the subject of this petition, Tompolo, is a favoured citizen of this government, and I am not. I know Tompolo is close to those in power at the moment, whereas I am an ordinary citizen. I know Tompolo
has money and influence (which are factors that are widely acknowledged
to aid a suspect walk away with murder in Nigeria), but I have none of
these. I know Tompolo has instrument to kill human beings, and I have none.
In the circumstance, I am making this petition public so that when
you refuse to attend to my complaint and outcry, the ordinary people of
this country will, at least, know from where my death came and I will
not join the long list of unresolved murders. My killer, should, at
least be known.
Thank you for, at least, reading my petition.
Yours sincerely,
FESTUS KEYAMO, ESQ.
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