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FESTUS KEYAMO, ESQ.
Head of Chambers  
Keyamo Chambers
Lagos
February 18 2010

Open Letter to Festus Keyamo

Dear Festus Keyamo,

I read your open letter to Governor Ikedi Ohakim about Ikenna Samuelson Iwuoha with  
total dismay. I  tried  to work out if truly you wrote this letter tagged your physical assault
of Ikenna Samuelson  . Now, I will go a long way for my clients, but there is a line. And
that is way- way beyond the pale. What were you thinking? Why did you think your duty
to the client extended this far? Acting by mere email sent to you ? What led you to lose
your sense of perspective on this? Inevitably some cases inspire you to battle hard for a
client than others do but two of the key features of the job are that: no matter how much
you want to succeed (either for yourself or the client) you have to work with the material
you have and the facts as they exist.

In your open letter to Ohakim,you said Ikenna Samuelson sent you an email explaining
how the governor physically assaulted him. In the victim’s e-mail he said,according to you
and I quote

“I came down and I was marched straight to Ohakim’s office. When I entered the
Governor’s office, I saw Ikedi Ohakim. He quickly shouted “lock the door, lock the door”.
The door was locked leaving me only with Ohakim and his CSO in the office. The CSO
pulled his gun at me. Ikedi Ohakim on his own shouted at me to pull off my clothes
completely. At that point I knew that I was in danger, so I played along. As I was removing
my clothes, Ohakim stood up from the office chair and came to me and forcefully
removed my clothes. Another young man of about 33yrs wearing an ash coloured suit
came into the Governor’s office to assist Ikedi Ohakim completely remove my clothes. I
became completely naked before Ikedi Ohakim in the office of the Governor.

The young man then left the Governor office. The CSO was still pointing a gun at me.
Then Ikedi Ohakim gave me a blow on my mouth, he gave me a head butt. He hit me with
his hands and legs severally. Then Ohakim went to his office table and brought a
“koboko” (horse whip). He started to flog me all over my body. After he ordered me to lie
down on the rug in the office and I obeyed. Ikedi Ohakim flogged, flogged and flogged me
ruthlessly, heartlessly and without mercy. He kicked me severally without mercy. He
kicked me severally with his shoes. He also marched me with his shoes. The pains was
much. I cried, cried and called on Almighty God to come to my rescue. I must have
received well over 120 strokes of koboko. My blood completely strained the rug in the
Governor’s office. I was in pains. I saw hell with my two eyes. Almighty God did not allow
me to die. Ikedi Ohakim continued to flog me. His brother Emma Ohakim walked in and
said “Chineke, His Excellency, His Excellency”. Ikedi Ohakim said to his brother “Emma,
this is Ikenna Samuelson I will kill him today”. Emma simply left the office. The CSO also
continued to point his gun at me. When the pains became unbearable, I decided to take
a risk. I boldly grabbed Ikedi Ohakim legs. I shouted at him as follows, “What you are
doing to me in this office is wrong”. “You are abusing the office of the Governor” you are
desecrating the office of the Governor of Imo State”. “Moreover my wife is from your
place Mbano, conversely you are my children’s Nnaochie”. This was the miracle that
saved me from Ikedi Ohakim’s brutality. He stopped beating and flogging me. He then
shifted a chair and sat down with the koboko still in his hands. I was seriously in pains.
Then Ikedi Ohakim started to shout “Samuelson you have disgraced me in this country.
You have finished me. I will kill you and nothing would happen. I will prove to you that I am
not an ordinary Governor. I know those sponsoring you. But you must mention their
names to me with your mouth”. Then flogging started again. Ohakim flogged and flogged
me that I became helpless. So I begged him to leave me alone. But Ohakim said he would
leave me alone on his conditions.”  

What an insane talk from an insane man. It is disturbing to see how far desperate
politicians in Imo State can go in order to smear the image and character of the governor
of Imo state, Chief Ikedi Ohakim. Well,2011 is around the corner so desperados are
working hard.

Having failed in their various machinations to derail or distract Ohakim’s administration,
the latest method is to use this disgruntled and confused fellow by name, Ikenna
Samuelson Iwuoha to abuse the governor. Before now, following instructions from these
ambitious but torn coat politicians, Samuelson Iwuoha has been writing incredible,
malicious and fictitious garbages against the governor.

He started by using Imo state based Newspapers and nobody paid him attention. He
reached out to some National Newspapers who refused his stories as they were pure
libels. Then he resorted to the Internets to abuse Governor Ohakim. There was no name
Iwuoha did not call Ohakim and his family in his publications. Since the governor did
nothing about that write-up , Samuelson and his paymasters adopted a new strategy;
which is going to Newspapers to claim that Governor Ohakim physically assaulted him at
gun point.

If I may ask, which governor in the Federal Republic of Nigeria could descend that low as
to physically beat and head-butt a citizen? Should a governor get so angry as to bully a
subject personally when the police are there to complain to ? Why would a governor busy
with state matters bother about a fellow who  many have said is having a mental problem.

Yet you Festus Keyamo deem it fit to write this sort of open letter to Ohakim base on a
mere email sent to you by Mr Iwuoha.What makes you feel that Samulson Iwuoha is
telling the truth? Mr Iwuoha has said that he has a trailer load of evidence against
Ohakim. He has been charged to court by the Police for defaming the character of
Ohakim, Why then is he running to Newspaper houses peddling lies .The Court is there
for him to unleash his trailer load of evidence against the governor.

Mr Keyamo you are  something of a high flyer within the Bar. We know this because you
tell us, repeatedly and in great details. You have considerable litigation and
advocacy experience…you have  appeared in courts at every level of the justice sys
tem, including the Court of Appeal and the Supreme court.In Court, Keyamo  is origi
nal, thorough and tenacious.Keyamo  enjoys a high profile within the profession. He
set up his own Chambers. Keyamo  we can safely say, walk on water, heal the lame and
raise the dead: this Samson-like figure has single-handedly hefted the burdens of the
modern Bar on his broad manly shoulders. We owe our living to this beautiful man.
How can such a god-like figure be brought low?

You base your facts from an email sent to you by a man that you can not state his mental
stability to tell our governor,Chief Ikedi Ohakim, that he  may think that because he
enjoys immunity under the Constitution, he may get away with atrocity. And that his
immunity is only temporary. And there are other measures to bring him to book, even
now!   In case you don’t know,we ,Ndi-imo love our governor here in Imo state and we will
not sit and watch any one try to intimidate him. We have good lawyers in Imo state that
are happy with how the Governor is developing Imo state.Why would an Imo man  like any
of us, at this day and age, take it upon himself to want to insult the collective interest of
Ndi-Imo by provokingly spreading false allegations  against our Governor,Chief Ikedi
Ohakim, a man who, before our very eyes, is performing very well as Governor of Imo
State and is the symbol of collective authority of Ndi Imo. For God’s sake, what does
Samuelson Iwuoha wants us to believe?

Keyamo,incase you don’t know,the Imo State House of Assembly have  publicly given
Ikedi Ohakim a clean slate.Imo state House of Assembly have publicly said that Ohakim
has no case to answer.The house is steadily telling us that our governor is doing well. So
what are we saying here? We have elected members from all the Local Government
areas of Imo state in the Imo state House of Assembly. Iwuoha is from Imo state, he has
an able person from his constituency in the Imo Assembly house of Assembly and the
house is saying that Ohakim is doing well for Imo state and has not gone wrong so far.Is
this not enough reason for Iwuoha to be taking to court to provide facts about his
allegations and if discovered that he is toying with the intelligence of Nigerians ,he should
be jailed for false information and sedition. Mr Iwuoha should know that we have laws in
Nigeria for which every individual in Nigeria should abide to. We have libel laws and
sedition laws. He thinks he can just wake up one morning and start throwing allegations
against a person. He thinks that Ndi-Imo will keep quite and watch him call our governor a
criminal.Let him prove in court what and what our governor stole.

The more you Keyamo continue to engage in rumor mongering, the more you continue to
tarnish your image as far as I am concerned. The story is so ridiculous that it deserves
no comment from any reasonable person. The story is simply too absurd to deserve any
attention.I get very angry when supposedly educated men indulge in such stupid rumor
mongering. I thought that you Keyamo would tell us that you actually investigated the
Iwuoha  story before you decided to repeat the rumor. A reasonable person would do
that before going public with such an accusation

Regardless of how we feel about the Imo State governor, we need to be better informed
before we decide to put ourselves out for ridicule as people expect us to behave more
maturely.


Yours Sincerely,
Kenneth Uwadi
www.cityweeklynews.com
http://famouspeoplenews.wordpress.com
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