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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