The Presidency has alleged that Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew, who purportedly paraded himself as the Director-General of a non-existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council cum Presidential Economic Advisory Council, fraudulently opened a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) account using forged government documents.
In a statement issued on Wednesday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the Presidency said police investigations uncovered that Adeyemi used fake documents to mislead the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation into facilitating the opening of the account.
According to the statement, investigators established that no government funds were transferred into the account.
The Presidency said police investigations also revealed that Adeyemi operated 34 bank accounts, including nine allegedly opened in the names of fictitious agencies such as the FCT Investment Promotion Agency and the Public Private Partnership (FIPA-APP).
According to the statement, Adeyemi forged his appointment letter, falsely presented himself as a government appointee, and sought a note verbal from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to enable him and members of his team obtain United States visas.
