The Presidency on Wednesday came under fresh public and legal scrutiny over the activities of Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, who has been charged with eight counts of conspiracy, forgery and impersonation before the Federal High Court in Abuja.
Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew, acclaimed Director General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council/Presidential Economic Advisory Council. Credit: Bayo Onanuga
This is as human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, said the Presidency lacked the constitutional authority to exonerate anyone in the matter and called for an independent probe of both the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila and Adeyemi.
The Police had charged Adeyemi for allegedly operating a fictitious government agency, the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, forging a presidential appointment letter bearing the purported signature of Gbajabiamila, and maintaining 34 bank accounts in the names of non-existent government bodies.
The Presidency, in a statement signed Wednesday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, titled ‘Re:The Matter of Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew and the Fictitious Presidential Economic Advisory Council,’ gave an account of the criminal case, including the police investigation report, the charges filed, and what it described as Adeyemi’s long history of fraudulent conduct.
