Adeyemi a ‘con artist’, Presidency says, insists alleged council is fake

• Says Gbajabiamila was first to blow whistle, urges media to stop weaponising allegations

The Presidency has accused Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew of masterminding an elaborate fraud by posing as the director-general of a non-existent government body and using forged documents to impersonate officials and solicit diplomatic favours.
In a statement issued on Thursday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the Presidency said the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, was the first to alert security agencies after receiving complaints from the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) that another organisation appeared t...