Presidency Clears Gbajabiamila Of Corruption, Says Accuser/Head Of Fictitious FG Agency, Adeyemi, An Impostor

The Presidency has confirmed that a self- acclaimed Director General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council/Presidential Economic Advisory Council, Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi is an impostor.

It cleared Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief of Staff to the President, of the bribery allegations levelled against him by Prince Adeyemi, saying the Presidential aide was the first person that exposed the existence of the illegal Federal agency.

Adeyemi had accused Gbajabiamila of demanding N27,395,510,136 take-off grant of the agency, an allegation the former Speaker denied.

Adeyemi also alleged that Gbajabiamila collected N400 million by proxy to secure him appointment as the head of the agency, with a balance of N200 million.

He had claimed that he fell out with the Chief of Staff over the balance, urging the President to set up an independent investigative panel to, among others, compel the Chief of Staff to produce all the official documents he has signed since assumption of office for forensic analysis.

He called for review of budgetary references and institutional records, investigate alleged assassination attempts on his life and compel Gbajabiamila to step aside pending the outcome of the probe.

He also demanded that the panel should include credible civil society organisations and international organisations and make its findings public.

There have been calls on President Bola Tinubu to probe and sack Gbajabiamila.

But in a statement on Wednesday, Bayo Onanuga, Presidential spokesman, accused Adeyemi of peddling lies.

“We are aware of the public interest in the matter of a man called Adeyemi Adeniyi Matthew, who has been parading himself as the director-general of a fictitious Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council cum Presidential Economic Advisory Council.”