Nigerian lawyer and social critic, Festus Keyamo, has again talked tough regarding the ongoing antigraft war as led by President Muhammadu Buhari.

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.