THE MATTER OF ADENIYI ADEYEMI MATTHEW AND THE FICTITIOUS PRESIDENTIAL ECONOMIC ADVISORY COUNCIL
STATEHOUSE STATEMENT RE: THE MATTER OF ADENIYI ADEYEMI MATTHEW AND THE FICTITIOUS PRESIDENTIAL ECONOMIC ADVISORY COUNCIL 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. The office of the Chief of Staff to the President first blew the whistle on the existence of the illegal agency, following complaints from officials of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Council that another government agency appeared to be functioning at cross-purposes with it. The Chief of Staff, on October 17, in a letter, asked the DSS and the Police to probe the activities of ‘fraudsters and imposters’ forging appointment letters purportedly from his office. “The attention of this office has been drawn to the activities of certain individuals and groups engaged in the forgery of official appointment...