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 uncover alleged internal collaborators who enabled Adeyemi Adeniyi Matthew to operate the controversial “Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC),” which it maintains is a fictitious organisation.
News Point Nigeria reports that the Presidency, in a statement posted on X by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Temitope Ajayi, on Saturday, said the alleged cartel responsible for aiding Adeniyi to operate the purported fake presidential agency must be identified, dismantled, and brought to justice.
According to Ajayi, there are alleged internal collaborators who not only enabled Prince Adeniyi to carry out the activities attributed to the fictitious council but also played roles in what he described as a smear campaign against the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila.
He said investigators from the DSS, the Police, and the EFCC have a responsibility to unravel the alleged network that made the operation possible.
“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,” Ajayi stated.
The presidential aide also accused Adeniyi of exploiting public perception and sentiment by making corruption allegations against public officials in a bid to divert attention from the criminal allegations against him.
According to him, the suspect understands Nigerian public psychology and is allegedly using it to shield himself from accountability.
“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,” he said.
Ajayi further stated that security investigators have been tasked with exposing the alleged collaboration that enabled Adeniyi to allegedly forge presidential appointment letters, operate 34 bank accounts in the names of fictitious government bodies, host foreign ambassadors, and open a Central Bank of Nigeria account while allegedly parading himself as the Director-General of the non-existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council.
