The embattled Director-General of the alleged Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, Prince Adeyemi Matthew Adeniyi, has claimed that he personally lobbied officials at the Budget Office to facilitate the inclusion of the controversial agency in the 2026 Federal Government budget.
Adeniyi made the claims during an interview with social media influencer Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, in an Instagram video released on Sunday after his arrest.
The alleged fake agency was controversially allocated about ₦1.3bn in the 2026 Appropriation Act despite ongoing investigations into its authenticity.
During the interview, Adeniyi absolved the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, of responsibility for the budgetary allocation, insisting that he never met him physically.
File photo: Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew, acclaimed Director General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council/Presidential Economic Advisory Council.
