EFCC Never Engaged Me To Prosecute Akpabio For Graft, Says – TheNigerialawyer

Festus Keyamo, the Minister of State for Labour and Employment
has denied ever prosecuting the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs,
Godswill Akpabio.

A report in The Guardian newspaper published on September 27 had
alleged that Mr Keyamo prosecuted Akpabio on behalf of the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Keyamo, however, in a letter to the head of politics at The
Guardian, Anote Ajeluorou, sought a retraction of the report.

??. My refutal of all that social media
nonsense that I once prosecuted Senator Godswill Akpabio for graft
on behalf of the EFCC. I never did. https://t.co/qWTsDB6WKj^[1]

— Festus Keyamo, SAN (@fkeyamo) October
7, 2019^[2]

“In the said article, there was a clear factual inaccuracy when
you suggested that I was engaged sometime in the immediate past by
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to prosecute Senator
Godswill Akpabio for alleged graft”.

“Nothing can be farther from the truth. I decided to keep a
dignified silence in the last few weeks when some mischievous
and/or ill-informed individuals kept spreading that narrative in
the social media.

The reason is that I do not always bother myself to respond to
factually inaccurate issues concerning me that are raised from
sources that are not credible news outlets, no matter how intense
the discussions or debates about those issues become in the social
media.

“You can then imagine my shock when a supposedly respectable
paper like The Guardian swallowed that narrative hook, line, and
sinker without the slightest effort at fact-checking.

“Even without searching on Google the cases I have prosecuted, a
simple telephone call as a journalist to the spokesperson of the
EFCC would have duly informed you that at no time was I ever
engaged by the EFCC to prosecute Senator Godswill Akpabio and I
never did. All the stories about that have been nothing but social
media nonsense.

As far as I can recollect, at no time was Senator Godswill
Akpabio charged or arraigned by the EFCC in any court of law for
any offence. So how come I was engaged to prosecute a non-existent
charge?

“Kindly retract that portion of your article, whilst I have
chosen to ignore all the other innuendoes and subliminal messages
you sought to pass across in the said article without hitting the
nail on the head.”

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Police Host PR Workshop for Spokespersons in
Anambra
In line with the impassioned quest of the Inspector General of
Police, IGP M.A Adamu,NPM, mni for reinventing the image of the
Force and repositioning the Police Spokespersons for optimal
performance as critical stakeholders, particularly in the
implementation of the National Community Policing Model, the
Nigeria Police Force is organizing a four-day Strategic Training
Workshop for Police Public Relations Officers across the country,
tagged “Police PROs and Effective Communication in Contemporary
Times” from 8th – 11th, October, 2019 at the Banquet Hall of the
Golden Tulip Hotel, Agulu Lake, in the beautiful and serene town of
Agulu, near Awka, Anambra State.

The Training Workshop, which will be coordinated by the Office
of the Force Public Relations Officer, will bring together all
Police Public Relations Officers from the twelve (12) Police Zonal
Commands, the thirty-six (36) States Commands, the Federal Capital
Territory (FCT), and Staff Officers of the Force Public Relations
Department.

The training module of the workshop will be delivered by
seasoned communication experts from the prestigious School of Media
and Communication of the Pan-Atlantic University, Ibeju-Lekki,
Lagos State and other top journalists and PR professionals across
the country.

The Workshop is being hosted and sponsored by the Anambra State
Government with support from other critical stakeholders and will
be declared open by His Excellency, Chief (Dr.) Willie Obiano B.Sc,
MBA, FCA, Executive Governor of Anambra State.

DCP FRANK MBA
FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
FORCE HEADQUARTERS
ABUJA​