Keyamo: FBI Fraud Suspect No. 3 Is My Friend

By Editor

The minister of state for Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Festus Keyamo has admitted to a relationship with one of the Nigerians listed in the United States Federal Bureau of Investigations, FBI list of fraud suspects.

Keyamo in a blunt confession affirmed that he cannot deny Jerry Ikogho who he admitted to be his childhood friend with whom he grew up in Ughelli, Delta State.

Mr. Ikogho is listed as number three on the 77-man list of Nigerian fraud suspects released by the FBI.

Reacting to the circulation of a picture of the two of them that has since gone viral, Keyamo spoke of a family relationship from childhood even as he said that Ikogho could have been innocent from his own findings.

Keyamo, a former prosecutor with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC spoke in an interview with The Cable, a Nigerian online news website.

He said:

“He is my childhood friend. We were born in the same town (Ughelli). We attended same church from birth. His parents and mine, best of friends, till tomorrow. His siblings and mine too. Only left for the US about 10-12 years ago.

“Can’t deny him. It’s a family relationship from birth. He’s from a decent family. Hope they got their facts right. The wife has sent the charge to me.

“The authorities clearly stated that he may not have known of the fraudulent schemes, but he helped one or two of them to transfer funds illegally for a fee. And he didn’t declare excess money at the airport. Wish him well.

“In fact, that picture is even at the burial of the father of the guy on the far right about 8 years ago. The guy is in the same childhood group like all of us. Likewise the guy on the far left, a lawyer, who died at the National Hospital here in Abuja about 5 years ago.”

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