The Presidency has rubbished allegations made by one Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew, that he was appointed to head a presidential agency.
In a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the Presidency said investigations by security agencies had exposed what it described as an elaborate scheme involving forged appointment letters, fake government agencies and multiple bank accounts allegedly used to lend credibility to the operation.
Onanuga described him as an impostor who allegedly forged official documents, impersonated government officials and operated a fictitious organisation to deceive public institutions, foreign diplomats and unsuspecting Nigerians.
The statement was issued in response to renewed public interest surrounding Adeyemi, who has been presenting himself as the Director-General of the non-existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, also referred to as the Presidential Economic Advisory Council.
According to Onanuga, the Office of the Chief of Staff to the President first raised the alarm after officials of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) complained that another entity claiming to be a federal agency was operating at cross-purposes with it.
He said the Chief of Staff, on October 17, 2025, petitioned the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigeria Police Force, requesting an investigation into individuals allegedly forging appointment letters purportedly issued from his office.Nigeria Investment Guide
“The attention of this office has been drawn to the activities of certain individuals and groups engaged in the forgery of official appointment letters purportedly issued from my office,” the Chief of Staff wrote in the petition.
According to the Presidency, the petition alleged that the fake documents, complete with forged signatures, official seals and reference numbers, were used to install Adeyemi as Director-General of a non-existent agency that operated from an office within the Federal Secretariat Complex in Abuja.
Onanuga said the impostors also hosted meetings with foreign diplomats and Nigerian officials and even sought a diplomatic note verbale from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to facilitate United States visas for their purported staff.
