Gbajabiamila knew about my appointment, the Court will vindicate – Presidency’s ‘Fake Agency’ Suspect Insists

Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, the man accused of posing as the Director-General of the alleged Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council and Presidential Economic Advisory Council, has denied any wrongdoing, insisting that Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, was aware of his appointment.

Adeyemi, who is facing allegations of impersonation and related offences, said the matter was already before the court and expressed confidence that the judicial process would clear his name.

Speaking during a telephone interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday, he dismissed suggestions that he was evading justice.

“Not at all,” he said when asked if he was running away from the law.

He added that he was prepared to face the legal process, maintaining that the court would determine the truth.

“Definitely, if I am wrong, let the court of law do that; if I am right, let the court of law do the right thing. Since the matter is in the court, let the court of competent jurisdiction vindicate me because I am ready to clear my name.

“Let the court take its course. Since my lawyers are involved, everybody will follow us, they will monitor the whole thing. I have a letter of appointment. However, since the matter is in the court, I won’t be able to say much about it. I am on medication. I am a bit down, I am sick,” he said.

Responding to a question on whether he considered himself a criminal, Adeyemi replied, “No, I am not a criminal. However, the court will do justice to that.”

Asked whether Gbajabiamila had knowledge of his appointment, Adeyemi answered, “Yes.”

When further asked if he received confirmation of the appointment through the Chief of Staff’s office, he again responded, “Yes, let the court vindicate all those things.”

Addressing Nigerians, Adeyemi questioned the allegation that the agency was fictitious, arguing that he could not have operated publicly for years without official backing.

“I want Nigerians to know that, for one second, let us assume the agency does not exist, would I have the temerity, the audacity, to be going all over the country, meeting the heads of ministries, departments and agencies, if I knew that the agency did not exist?

“No Nigerian can dare do that. I could not have summoned the courage to be going from one place to another for almost three years. Nigeria is not a banana republic,” he said.

The Presidency had earlier dismissed Adeyemi’s claims, describing him as an impostor and insisting that neither the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council nor the Presidential Economic Advisory Council exists within the structure of the Federal Government.

It also stated that Adeyemi was never appointed by President Bola Tinubu and is currently facing criminal charges over alleged forgery, impersonation and the use of forged presidential documents.

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