How a Fake Presidential Council Captured ₦1.3 Billion in the 2026 Budget
A self-styled “Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council” quietly secured an office at the Federal Secretariat, nine bank accounts and a ₦1.3 billion line item in the 2026 budget. Its Director-General, Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew, met ambassadors, briefed ministers and represented Nigeria abroad — all through a non-existent agency. The scheme began to collapse when he summoned foreign diplomats without involving the real Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Arrest and charges followed, but before his trial, he accused the President’s Chief of Staff of taking a ₦400 million bribe to install him in the job. Twelve days later, the key witness who could verify the claim died in a mysterious hotel fire. This unfolding scandal raises urgent questions about vetting, budget oversight and the integrity of high-level appointments in Nigeria’s federal system.
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