Read the letter Apostle Suleman's lawyers wrote to Festus Keyamo
chambers...
Festus Keyamo Esq,
Festus Keyamo Chambers
Anthony Village, Maryland, Lagos.
Sir,
Allegation of professional misconduct and unethical practices.
Sequel to our letter to you dated 6th March, 2017 we have observed with
shock and dismay your deliberate and relentless efforts to malign and convict
our client, Apostle Johnson Suleman through media trial.
By your relentless media campaign, you are conducting yourself in a
manner inconsistent with S.1 of the Rules of Professional Conduct For Legal
Practitioners 2007. Instead of gathering your facts and evidence before a court
of competent jurisdiction for adjudication you have cleverly resorted to blackmail
and intimidation of our client through the media-both traditional and social
media. In short, you have threatened and indeed executed your threat of
conjuring, manufacturing and synthesizing bogus and unverifiable exhibits in
the social media and newspapers, all with a view to poison public opinion
against our client and reduce his esteem and reputation in the eye of any
reasonable man. Your attitude is also to ambush a fair trial while litigation
is anticipated. This is contrary to S.33 of the Rules of Professional Conduct
For Legal Practitioners 2007.
In the Punch newspapers of Tuesday, March 7, 2017 Vol. 41 No 21,388 page
10 you were quoted in an interview threatening to “release more bullets.” You
said your client under your supervision will be organizing a world press
conference and “we will begin to release bullets.”
Furthermore, you grossly and recklessly maligned our client, saying,
“these men of God are not what they claim to be, we have a duty to protect the
public. Many of them are fake and fraudsters. You will see the video very soon
in the next few minutes.” True to your threat of trial publicity stunts, the
video clips have flooded the social media networks.
We believe your conduct is inconsistent with the virtues and rules of
conduct of the legal profession. It smacks of indiscipline and disdain for the
judicial process. Therefore, we demand a retraction of all your press
statements and an apology to be published in the major social media networks
and Punch newspapers.
Also, we demand a compensation of One Billion Naira for all the injuries
inflicted on our client. We expect you to meet our demands within seven
days from the date above written.
TAKE NOTICE that we shall drag you before the Legal Practitioners
Disciplinary Committee for infamous conduct, if you fail to so do.
Yours faithfully,
Osa Director Esq
For: OSA Director & Co.
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