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  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...

  HOW A FAKE DIRECTOR-GENERAL RAN AN ELABORATE SCAM FROM FEDERAL SECRETARIAT, ABUJA By Adeboye Prince Adetu A shocking tale of impersonation, forgery, and diplomatic fraud has emerged from the heart of Nigeria’s seat of power, exposing how a single individual exploited gaps in government verification systems to present himself as a high-ranking presidential appointee. The suspect, Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew, is currently facing criminal trial over allegations that he falsely paraded himself as Director-General of a completely non-existent government entity called the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) , also referred to as the Presidential Economic Advisory Council . How the Scam Unfolded Here is the IMPOSTOR, self-styled Director-General of the purported, Non Existing Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), an entity with no recognised legal or governmental status, receiving a delegation of foreign investors alongside the Ambassado...