{"id":10716,"date":"2013-03-12T22:52:25","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T21:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=10716"},"modified":"2013-03-12T22:52:25","modified_gmt":"2013-03-12T21:52:25","slug":"press-release-by-festus-keyamo-on-the-insensitive-corrupt-and-unpatriotic-pardon-granted-alamieyeseigha-and-bulama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/pointblanknews-investigations\/press-release-by-festus-keyamo-on-the-insensitive-corrupt-and-unpatriotic-pardon-granted-alamieyeseigha-and-bulama\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release By Festus Keyamo On The Insensitive, Corrupt And Unpatriotic Pardon Granted Alamieyeseigha And Bulama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, March 12, 2013<\/p>\n<p>The reports of State pardon granted today by President Goodluck Jonathan to convicted Ex-Governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreiye Alamieyeseigha and convicted Ex-Banker Shettima Bulama, purportedly on the advice of the Council of State typifies the height of insensitivity of this government to the feelings of Nigerians about the war against corruption. It is shocking, confusing and disheartening that at a time when the general mood of the country indicates that the war against corruption is insincere, slow and a sham, the President deems it fit to even rubbish the very little work that has been done by the anti-corruption agencies in securing the conviction of these individuals. It is also disturbing that at a time when Nigeria is still ranking very low in the Corruption Perception Index of Transparency International the President has further damaged the image of the country by this singular act.<\/p>\n<p>This pardon by the President teaches no bitter lesson to thieving and corrupt public officers. It encourages corruption at the highest and the lowest levels of public office and the decision itself is corruption per excellence.<\/p>\n<p>I condemn it; I condemn it and I condemn it.<\/p>\n<p>FESTUS KEYAMO, ESQ.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, March 12, 2013 The reports of State pardon granted today by President Goodluck Jonathan to convicted Ex-Governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreiye Alamieyeseigha and convicted Ex-Banker Shettima Bulama, purportedly on&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pointblanknews-investigations"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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