The embattled Director-General of the controversial Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), Prince Mathew Adeniyi Adeyemi, on Tuesday denied ever meeting Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, in person, insisting that only a thorough and independent investigation could establish the truth about the allegations surrounding the controversial agency.
Adeyemi made the disclosure during a telephone interview with social media activist Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, saying he could neither confirm nor deny the Chief of Staff’s involvement in the controversy.
His remarks came barely three days after Gbajabiamila, through his lawyer, Chief Kemi Pinheiro (SAN), threatened legal action over allegations linking him to the PFIPC controversy.
Responding to questions during the interview, Adeyemi said he never held a one-on-one meeting with the Chief of Staff.
When asked by VeryDarkMan whether he had at any point met Gbajabiamila personally to discuss the affairs of the council, Adeyemi replied, “No.”
He, however, said he spoke with someone he believed to be the Chief of Staff on about three occasions over the telephone through his late associate, Dolapo Tanimola.
Asked how he was certain he had spoken directly with Gbajabiamila since the conversations were not conducted through a video call, Adeyemi admitted he could not independently verify the identity of the person at the other end of the line.
When VeryDarkMan suggested that it was possible the Chief of Staff was not involved at all, Adeyemi agreed.
“Of course! Yes,” he responded.
