Gbajabiamila: ‘I Have Letter Of Appointment, But I Can’t Give You Details’ – Adeyemi

The acclaimed Director General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), Adeyemi Matthew, has insisted that he was duly employed and was issued an appointment letter.

Naijaonpoint reports that Adeyemi recently accused President Bola Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, of involvement in an alleged appointment-for-cash scandal.

Adeyemi alleged that Gbajabiamila demanded ₦27.4 billion from the take-off grant of a purported agency and collected ₦400 million, through proxies, to secure his appointment as director-general of the agency.

But the presidency, in a statement through the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, denied the claim, stating that Adeyemi and the purported agency are unknown to the government.

Speaking during an interview on Channel Television’s ‘Politics Today’ on Thursday, Adeyemi said the matter is in court and cannot give much details on it.

Adeyemi also said he is currently unwell and has chosen to take care of himself for now.

He said, “I have a letter of appointment, but I can’t give you details since the matter is in court.

“However, I am sick, I’m on medication today and I’m trying to take care of myself.”

Meanwhile, former Minister of Youth and Sports in the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung, has faulted the Presidency’s defence of Gbajabiamila over allegations surrounding Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew.

Dalung said the official response issued by presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, failed to answer critical questions about how a purportedly fictitious presidential agency allegedly operated within government circles.

According to him, while the Presidency sought to exonerate Gbajabiamila, its explanation exposed major gaps in government oversight.

Dalung said the Presidency must explain how an individual allegedly forged an appointment letter, operated from the Federal Secretariat, recruited personnel, engaged government institutions, met diplomats and reportedly obtained a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) account without being detected.

He also questioned reports that the alleged agency appeared in the national budget.