The Festus Keyamo Chambers in Lagos today warned Apostle Johnson Suleman, Pastor and General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, to prepare for war over Stephanie Otobo, who kicked off a firestorm recently when she alleged an amorous relationship with him.
Among others, the law firm said today in a press statement that not only does it have graphic proof of the pastorâs relationship with Ms. Otobo, but that other âunfortunate victimsâ of his have come forward and are also itching to tell their story, with proofs.
On Thursday evening, Apostle Johnson Sulemanâs lawyer demanded that Mr. Keyamo, whose law firm is representing Ms. Otobo, retract all publications, apologize publicly to him, and pay him N1bn for alleged blackmail and injuries inflicted on him.
In the response, signed by two lawyers of the Keyamo Chambers, Uchenna B. Moneke and Oluwafemi O.N. Olabisi, the firm noted that Keyamo, its Head of Chambers, is not personally involved in the matter and has been in Abuja during the controversy, and that its formal response to the âill-advisedâ letter by the pastorâs lawyers is on its way to him.
âApart from an informal and friendly phone conversation Mr. Festus Keyamo had with a reporter in Punch Newspapers and one other blog about this matter, Mr. Keyamo has never personally signed or issued any letter or press release on this issue,â the statement said.
Warning that all of Pastor Sulemanâs allegations of some imaginary grand conspiracy being perpetrated against him are not only pathetic but are ludicrous and a nonsensical smokescreen, the law firm said it had the instruction of Ms. Otobo to ask Apostle Suleman the following questions:
Whether it is the Hausa/Fulani herdsmen that instructed him to be paying millions into the account of our client who he calls a âstripperâ all the way in Canada.
Whether it is his special calling as a so-called âman of Godâ to be paying millions to strippers and prostitutes to leave their trade, when there are poor women and widows within his congregation in Nigeria that need help badly.
Whether it is the Hausa/Fulani herdsmen that instructed him to be exchanging amorous text messages with a girl he calls âa stripperâ. These text messages would all be investigated and revealed when full criminal investigations commence.
Whether it is the Hausa/Fulani herdsmen that instructed him to be having Skype conversations with Miss Stephanie Otobo and to be requesting her to open her bare breasts to him.
Whether it is the Hausa/Fulani herdsmen that told him to be exposing his private part to Miss Stephanie on Skype; which pictures are in our custody.
âWe make bold to say that when criminal investigations commence, all these text messages and pictures would be subjected to serious forensic analysis, and the truth would be established,â the statement said. âThe hotels they slept in and the evidence of their meetings in and out of this country would be revealed. The pitiable excuse of âphotoshopâ has become a convenient escape route for all culprits caught on tape these days.â
The Chamber advised that Mr. Keyamo is not the real problem the pastor has.
âHis problem is the little girl whom he thought he could easily take advantage of and destroy her life. Somehow, she has found the strength and the voice to fight back, and this is where we are now. Other unfortunate victims of this same self-proclaimed âMan of Godâ are also in touch with us now and are also itching to tell their story, with proofs.