Top Nigerian lawyer and social critic, Festus Keyamo, has again talked tough regarding the ongoing antigraft war as led by President Muhammadu Buhari.
In an interview with Naij.com, the human right activist cleared the air regarding claims that the current administration is concentrating all its efforts in the war against corruption, leaving other fields to lie fallow.
Keyamo said he disagrees with the claims, stressing though the drive to recover looted funds tends to be at the fore currently, it has not stopped the administration from carrying out all its other duties.
In his words: “it is wrong to say that all the attention is being focused on the anti-corruption process, what is happening is that the anti-corruption agents are just doing their job.”
He went on to say that nobody has a scale as to determine whether the government has put more efforts in one sector over another sector.
Reacting to a question on President Buhari’s alleged disregard for the rule of law, the astute human rights activist noted that there are so many misinformation going on within the country.
The lawyer who claims he is at the very heart of most cases regarding the antigraft process, said the agencies involved ensure that they follow procedures as required by law.
He said the fowl cries based on bails reportedly not granted, stems from the fact that the individuals involved do not understand the clauses in the law. He informed that in most cases, the people involved do not meet the requirement set for their bail, hence their being held in custody till the terms are perfected.
Keyamo pointed out strongly that all those who looted the nations treasury using the law, would also be brought to justice using the law.
On the stand of Nigeria regarding militants especially within the Niger Delta where he hails from, Keyamo informed that like governments before it, the current government has continued to extend a hand of fellowship by continuing the amnesty program, till a stipulated time when the exercise will be scrapped.
He assured Nigerians that “there is no persecution going on anywhere”. He said he would not comment whether rightly or wrongly who the Nigerian State sees as an outlaw, but noted however, that no one is above the law.
Keyamo noted that no region is favoured above the other, and if a person from the north and another from the east is detained, then “why should somebody from the southsouth not be in detention? Is he bigger than the Nigerian State?,” the Senior Advocate asked.
The frontline activist concluded by reiterating that the fight against corruption and insurgency is not a deliberate policy towards any region.
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