The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has mocked OBIDIENTS after claims over how he acquired his properties.
Allegations had been rife online over how Keyamo acquited his properties after he posted a video of a workout session in one of his properties abroad.
This led to reactions with many alleging that he was involved in corrupt practices.
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Setting the record straight, Keyamo, in a lengthy tweet, stated that he intentionally posted the video in order to bait “the horde of sore losers at the last elections.”
Two days ago, I decided to bait the horde of sore losers at the last elections with a video of my vacation in ONE OF MY PROPERTIES abroad as I did a light workout. Expectedly, they fell so terribly for the bait. Being folks of low moral standards, they seem to view everyone from…
— Festus Keyamo, SAN (@fkeyamo) April 22, 2023
He further revealed;
Being folks of low moral standards, they seem to view everyone from their own depraved universe. Given same position of public trust and authority, I bet they would easily compromise. So, they assume everyone will wallow in the same moral squalor like them.
By letters dated March 6, 2019 (long before I was appointed a Minister and immediately I was appointed a Board member of the NDIC), and in line with our Constitution, I wrote to the relevant government agencies, informing them of the closure of my foreign account(s) and the repatriation of my funds to the country, being some savings I had made as a private legal practitioner and a property investor over decades. The numbers of those accounts, both abroad and in Nigeria were clearly stated in those letters. Those foreign funds were lying in my accounts until my appointment as a Minister later in 2019 and formed part of my assets declaration.
So, I had a good laugh when I saw the trending issues regarding just one of my properties in the US. It is even very laughable to think that after active, high-profile practice of law culminating in my privilege as a member of the Inner Bar (together with being an International Arbitrator) and thoughtful investments in real estate spanning over 30 years, I cannot afford such a relatively modest property.
