Festus Keyamo (SAN) has been appointed the spokesperson
for President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 campaign.
The Director General of President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019
campaign, Rotimi Amaechi conveyed the appointment to the lawyer in
a letter dated 16 April, 2018.
However, only few Nigerians know who Keyamo is. Below are some
facts about the human rights advocate:
1. Festus Keyamo was born on 21 January 1970.
2. He is from Delta State, southern Nigeria.
3. He studied at Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, in Edo State
where he received a Bachelor of Law degree in 1992 and was called
to the Nigerian Bar on December 1993.
4. Keyamo is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), social
crusader, critic, columnist and human rights activist.
5. He began his legal career in 1993 at Gani Fawehinmi’s
Chambers in Lagos State, southwestern Nigeria.
6. He was counsel to the leader of the Niger-Delta Peoples’
Volunteer Force, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari in his trial for treasonable
felony and lead counsel in the treason trial of Ralph Uwazuruike,
the leader of the Movement For The Actualization of the Sovereign
State of Biafra (MASSOB).
7. In 2008, he took the Federal Government of Nigeria to court
over illegal appointments of service chiefs.
8. In 2017, Stephanie Otobo, a Canadian-based singer and
stripper, accused Apostle Suleman Johnson, through her lawyer
Festus Keyamo, of failing to keep a marriage promise made to her
after allegedly having several sexual relationships with her.
9. He was named by the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee
(LPPC), Nigeria in July 2017 as one of the outstanding Nigerian
lawyers to be awarded the rank of SAN.
10. In 2017, Keyamo was awarded the Global Human Rights Award by
the United States Global Leadership Council in Washington for his
efforts over the years in respect of protection and promotion of
human rights and the crusade for accountable governments in
Nigeria.
Festus Keyamo (SAN) has been appointed the spokesperson
for President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 campaign.
The Director General of President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019
campaign, Rotimi Amaechi conveyed the appointment to the lawyer in
a letter dated 16 April, 2018.
However, only few Nigerians know who Keyamo is. Below are some
facts about the human rights advocate:
1. Festus Keyamo was born on 21 January 1970.
2. He is from Delta State, southern Nigeria.
3. He studied at Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, in Edo State
where he received a Bachelor of Law degree in 1992 and was called
to the Nigerian Bar on December 1993.
4. Keyamo is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), social
crusader, critic, columnist and human rights activist.
5. He began his legal career in 1993 at Gani Fawehinmi’s
Chambers in Lagos State, southwestern Nigeria.
6. He was counsel to the leader of the Niger-Delta Peoples’
Volunteer Force, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari in his trial for treasonable
felony and lead counsel in the treason trial of Ralph Uwazuruike,
the leader of the Movement For The Actualization of the Sovereign
State of Biafra (MASSOB).
7. In 2008, he took the Federal Government of Nigeria to court
over illegal appointments of service chiefs.
8. In 2017, Stephanie Otobo, a Canadian-based singer and
stripper, accused Apostle Suleman Johnson, through her lawyer
Festus Keyamo, of failing to keep a marriage promise made to her
after allegedly having several sexual relationships with her.
9. He was named by the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee
(LPPC), Nigeria in July 2017 as one of the outstanding Nigerian
lawyers to be awarded the rank of SAN.
10. In 2017, Keyamo was awarded the Global Human Rights Award by
the United States Global Leadership Council in Washington for his
efforts over the years in respect of protection and promotion of
human rights and the crusade for accountable governments in
Nigeria.
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