Popular lawyer, Festus Keyamo, has written a petition to the
Inspector-General of Police, and the Director-General of the State
Security Services, over an alleged threat to his life by Mr. Government
Ekpemupolo (Alias Tompolo).
Dear Sirs,
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 08027721208. We have been acquaintances in the past, so I
know his numbers. After reaffirming that he is Tompolo 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.
Cc:
1. President and Commander-in-Chief,
Federal Republic of Nigeria,
Aso-Rock,
Abuja.
2. The Executive Governor of Delta State,
Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan
Government House,
Asaba,
Delta State.
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