The Presidency has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Department of State Services (DSS), and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to identify and prosecute individuals who allegedly collaborated with Adeyemi Adeniyi Matthew in the ongoing “Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC)” scandal.
In a statement posted on X on Friday, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Temitope Ajayi, said investigators must uncover the alleged network that enabled Adeniyi to operate the purported fictitious presidential agency.
Ajayi alleged that internal collaborators also aided Prince Adeniyi in what he described as a smear campaign against the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila.
“What is not in doubt is that internal collaborators enabled Adeniyi to get this far. That is precisely what investigators from the DSS, the Police, and the EFCC must now unravel.
“The criminal network within the affected institutions must be dismantled, and everyone found to have played a role should be arrested and prosecuted.”
He further accused Adeniyi of being an “irredeemable con artist” who is exploiting public perception to deflect attention from the allegations against him.
“In Nigeria, the easiest and most believable allegation anyone can throw at a public officer is corruption. Once that accusation is thrown into the mix, the water is polluted, the lines are blurred, and everyone is kept busy arguing over distractions rather than the real issues.
“Matthew Adeniyi understands Nigerian public psychology, and he is exploiting it expertly to shield himself. He is an irredeemable con artist who is attempting to drag the name of the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, into his criminal enterprise. The Chief of Staff is simply his last straw.”
According to Ajayi, security agencies must also determine how Adeniyi allegedly managed to forge presidential appointment letters, operate 34 bank accounts in the names of fictitious government bodies, host foreign ambassadors, and open a Central Bank account while presenting himself as the director-general of the non-existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council.
