Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew, acclaimed Director General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council/Presidential Economic Advisory Council. Credit: Bayo Onanuga
The Presidency on Wednesday dismissed allegations linking the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, to an alleged appointment-for-cash scandal, describing his accuser, Adeniyi Matthew, an acclaimed Director General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council/Presidential Economic Advisory Council, as an impostor.
The rebuttal followed recent allegations by Matthew that Gbajabiamila demanded N27.4bn from the take-off grant of a purported agency and collected N400m, through proxies, to secure his appointment as director-general, with an outstanding balance of N200m.
He claimed the fallout over the balance led to tensions and further alleged assassination attempts on his life.
Matthew had called for an independent investigative panel that would include civil society and international organisations, compel Gbajabiamila to step aside, and make its findings public.
