Embattled ‘fake’ Director-General of alleged non-existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council and Presidential Economic Advisory Council, Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, has said that there was no way he would have the temerity to be parading himself as the DG if he was not duly appointed by the government.
He insisted that he had a letter of appointment, noting that he might not be able to say much since the matter was in court.
‘The PUNCH’ quoted him as saying in an interview: “Definitely, if I am wrong, let the court of law do that; if I am right, let the court of law do the right thing. Do you know what? Since the matter is in the court, let the court of competent jurisdiction vindicate me because I am ready to clear my name. Let the court take its course. Since my lawyers are involved, everybody will follow us, they will monitor the whole thing. Let the court of competent jurisdiction do the needful.
“I have a letter of appointment. However, since the matter is in the court, I won’t be able to say much about it. I am on medication. I am a bit down, I am sick.”
Responding to a question on whether he considered himself a criminal, Adeyemi said, “No, I am not a criminal. However, the court will do justice to that.”
Addressing Nigerians, he questioned claims that the agency did not exist.
“I want Nigerians to know that, for one second, let us assume the agency does not exist, would I have the temerity, the audacity, to be going all over the country, meeting the heads of ministries, departments and agencies, if I know that the agency does not exist, or as they allege that I cooked up everything? No Nigerian can dare do that. I could not have summoned the courage to be going from one place to another for almost three years. Nigeria is not a banana republic,” he said.
