By Dapo Akinrefon
The self-styled Director-General of the alleged Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, Prince Adeyemi Matthew Adeniyi, has explained how the fake organisation was captured in the Federal Government’s budget despite his arrest before the appropriation process was concluded.
Adeniyi made the claims during an interview with social media influencer Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, in a recording released shortly after his arrest.
He said the chief of staff to the President, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, had no hand in the N1.3bn budgetary allocation, adding he personally approached top Budget Office officials for the agency’s inclusion.
He noted the process was not completed before his arrest, saying he was surprised to later discover that the proposed agency had appeared in the budget.
