• Chronicles petitions written by Gbajabiamila to police, security agencies about his illegal activities
• Says he’s being tried by police, warns politicians, public not to use his narrative as weapon against Gbajabiamila
•Group queries accuser’s claims on PFIPC
Deji Elumoye and Chuks Okocha in Abuja
The Presidency, yesterday, washed its hands off a fictitious agency, the Presidential Economic Advisory Council, being run by one Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew as its Director-General, describing him as a con artist, who has built a web of false claims to deceive people.
Presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, in a statement titled, “Re: The Matter of Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew and the fictitious Presidential Economic Advisory Council”, disowned Adeyemi as well as the fictitious Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council cum Presidential Economic Advisory Council.
“The case of Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew is a clear case of a con artist who appears to have built a web of false claims to deceive unsuspecting government officials and the public into playing by his scam book.
“He has a history of fraudulent misrepresentation. In November 2016, he paraded himself as an ambassador and President-General of the World Youth Organisation (WYO), an affiliate of the United Nations (UN).
“He claimed to have been elected in New Delhi, India. The local media celebrated him until the UN denied the existence of such a body.
“Politicians and members of the public who are weaponising...
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