The Minister of State for Labour
and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has opened up on a property he was said to have
acquired in the United States of America, saying he did not buy the house with
stolen funds.
Keyamo was dragged on social
media after he appeared before a building worth over $300,000 in the US.
While confirming that the
property belongs to him, Keyamo said he acquired it with money he made from
legal practice.
Keyamo said on Twitter that he
had decided to bait the horde of those he called sore losers at the last
elections with a video of his vacation in “one of my properties abroad” as he
did a light workout.
Expectedly, he said they fell so
terribly for the bait, saying they seem to view everyone from their depraved
universe and assuming everyone will wallow in the same moral squalor as them.
Giving an account of how he
bought the property, Keyamo said he had, on March 6, 2019, written to the
relevant government agencies, informing them of the closure of his foreign
account(s) and the repatriation of the funds to the country, “being some
savings I had made as a private legal practitioner and a property investor over
decades.”
Keyamo said the foreign funds
were lying in his accounts until he was appointed Minister in 2019.
“In 2021, I again wrote to the
relevant agencies (by letters dated January 22, 2021), informing them of the
movement of those funds out of the country to purchase a property as a better
investment decision, instead of the funds lying idly in the account whilst I am
in public office,” he said.
The Minister said he laughed when
he saw the trending issues regarding “just one of my properties in the US.”
He described as very laughable
the fact that some think that he could not afford such a property after his 30
years of active, high-profile practice of law.
He said some people seemed to
underrate him because he had chosen to live a simple and modest life and not
given to the ostentatious display of wealth.
He said the building is “about
the cheapest of my several properties.”
Keyamo added that his flourishing
and manned law chambers and his real estate investments are still far more
financially profitable than serving Nigeria, saying, “ours is a labour of love
to my country.”
He boasted that “Some of us don’t
need Government funds or patronage to get by.”
Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everydayTwo 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
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Keyamo have join is people buy things outside is a good one we wish him the best,
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