The Presidency on Wednesday further distanced itself from Adeniyi Adeyemi, whom it alleged forged an appointment letter from the Office of the President’s Chief of Staff, operated 34 bank accounts under fictitious government agency names and deceived foreign diplomats into attending meetings.
This was as it revealed that Adeyemi has been charged with an eight-count criminal charge at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
It said Adeyemi who had been parading himself as the Director-General of a non-existent body called the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, was arrested by the police on October 27, 2025, at his office in the Federal Secretariat Complex in Abuja, after the Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, formally petitioned the DSS and the Police on October 17, 2025, to investigate what he described as an elaborate forgery and impersonation scheme.
The account of the criminal case, including the police investigation report, the charges filed and Adeyemi’s history of fraudulent conduct, was revealed in a statement signed Wednesday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
The statement is titled, ‘Re: The Matter of Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew and the Fictitious Presidential Economic Advisory Council.’
