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Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, a master fraudster or a pawn in a bigger game? THIS STORY I'M WITH YOU IS NOT AN HOLLYWOOD MOVIE. IT HAPPENED RIGHT HERE IN NIGERIA. IN FACT, IN THE HEART OF ABUJA, IN THE SAME FEDERAL SECRETARIAT WHERE NIGERIA'S GOVERNMENT OPERATES AND BY THE TIME I FINISH TELLING YOU THIS STORY, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE SERIOUS. I MEAN, SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE I DO. NOW. MEET PRINCE ADENI ADEYEMI. MATTHEW. ONE MAN WITH NO GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENT, NO SENATE CONFIRMATION, NO OFFICIAL MANDATE FROM ANYBODY. AND YET THIS MAN WALKED INTO THE FEDERAL SECRETARIAT IN ABUJA, WENT TO THE SECOND FLOOR, AND SET UP A FULLY FUNCTIONING GOVERNMENT OFFICE. NOW, WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT A RENTED SPACE SOMEWHERE IN WUSE. WE ARE NOT SHOP WITH A GOVERNMENT SOUNDING NAME ON THE DOOR. THE ACTUAL FEDERAL SECRETARIAT, WHERE NIGERIA'S REAL REAL MINISTRIES, YOU AND AGENCIES, OPERATE EVERY SINGLE DAY. NOW, HE CREATED AN AGENCY, THE PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN INTERVENTION PROMOTION COUNCIL HIMSELF A TITLE OF DIRECTOR GENERAL. HE FORGED APPOINTMENT COMPLETE WITH SIGNATURES AND OFFICIAL SEALS FROM THE CHIEF OF STAFF'S OFFICE. HE OPENED BANK ACCOUNTS IN THE NAME OF THIS AGENCY, INCLUDING ONE, AND TO HEAR THIS CLEARLY, AT THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA. THEN HE GOT TO WORK. AND THIS IS WHERE THE STORY STOPS BEING SHOCKING AND STARTS BEING GENUINELY TERRIFYING. BECAUSE THIS MAN HE DIDN'T OPERATE IN SHADOWS. HE OPERATED IN PLAIN SIGHT, WITH THE FULL CONFIDENCE. OF SOMEONE WHO BELONGED EXACTLY WHERE HE WAS. HE SUMMONED AMBASSADORS TO MEETINGS, FOREIGN AMBASSADORS, PEOPLE REPRESENTING OTHER COUNTRIES TO NIGERIA, SITTING ACROSS ITIBU FROM THIS MAN, TAKING NOTES, TREATING IMATE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL HE HELD STRATEGIC SESSIONS, HE ATTENDED FUNCTIONS. HE REQUESTED OFFICIAL DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE, SECURE VISAS FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVELS. HE REPRESENTED NIGERIA AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES. NOW, ACCORDING TO REPORTS, THIS WENT ON FOR OVER A YEAR, NOT WEEKS. WE TALKING ABOUT MONTHS. OVER ONE YEAR. WITH OFFICE PEACE, WITH STAFFS, WITH BANK ACCOUNTS, WITH PERSONNEL APPROVALS. AND NOBODY STOPPED HIM, NOBODY QUESTIONED HIM. NOBODY IN THE ENTIRE APPARATUS OF THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT LOOKED AT THIS MAN AND SAID, WAIT, WHO ARE YOU? EXACTLY. BUT HERE'S WHERE IT CROSSES FROM CRAZY INTO COMPLETELY UNPRECEDENTED. SOMEHOW, AND THIS IS THE QUESTION THAT NIGERIAN OFFICIALS UP AT NIGHT. THE PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN INTERVENTION PROMOTION COUNCIL APPEARED AS A LINE ITEM IN THE 2026 NATIONAL BUDGETS. NOW, THIS IS NOT A RUMOR. THIS IS NOT AN ALLEGATION. THE OFFICIAL 2026 APPROPRIATION ACT SIGNED INTO LAW 1.302 BILLION NAIRA, ALLOCATED TO A GOVERNMENT AGENCY THAT DID NOT LEGALLY EXIST. FOR WHAT? PERSONNEL ALLOWANCES, LOGISTICS FOR INTERNATIONAL SUMMITS. ALL OF IT DETAILED, ITEMISED, PROJECTED, DEFENDED BEFORE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES PASSED AND SIGNED INTO LAW. AT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE STAGES, SOMEONE SAW THIS LINE ITEM, SOMEONE REVIEWED IT, SOMEONE APPROVED IT, AND NOBODY ASKED, IS THIS AGENCY REAL? THE SCHEME EVENTUALLY YOU KNOW, NOT BECAUSE THE SYSTEM CAUGHT IT, BUT BECAUSE THE REAL NIGERIAN INVESTMENT PROMOTION COMMISSION NOTICED SOMETHING WASN'T AND RAISED ALARM. STAFF'S OFFICE PETITIONED THE D S S. AND THE POLICE. AND IN OCTOBER 2025, OFFICIALS WALKED INTO OFFICE AND ARRESTED PRINCE ADENIYI ADEYEMI MATTHEW AT HIS DESK. HE HAS BEEN CHARGED FOR FORGERY, IMPERSONATION, AND OBTAINING BY FALSE PRETENCE. HIS TRIAL IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 27TH, 2026 BUT HERE IS TAKES A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TURN. AND THIS IS HEADLINES AREN'T COMPLETELY, YOU KNOW, GIVING ENOUGH ATTENTION TO. BUT HERE WE WILL. SO ADEYEMI IS NOT GOING QUIETLY. HE'S NOT SITTING IN A CELL SAYING, I DID IT, I'M SORRY. HE'S MAKING ALLEGATIONS. SERIOUS, SPECIFIC, EXPLOSIVE ALLEGATIONS HIM, ACCORDING TO HIM, THE CHIEF OF STAFF, FEMI GBAJABIAMILA, VICTIM IN THIS STORY. HE'S A PARTICIPANT. ADEYEMI ALLEGES THAT GBAJABIAMILA COLLECTED 400 MILLION NAIRA THROUGH A PROXY, THEN DEMANDED ANOTHER 200 MILLION NAIRA, OF THAT, DEMANDED 48% OF A PURPORTED 27.4 BILLION NAIRA TAKE OFF GRANT THAT THE COUNCIL WAS POSITIONED TO RECEIVE. 48% OF 27.4 BILLION NAIRA? THE PRESIDENCY HAS STRONGLY DENIED, THESE ALLEGATIONS, AND ADEYEMI HAS THEM IN COURT. THAT IS IMPORTANT TO STATE CLEARLY. BUT HERE IS WHAT MAKES THESE ALLEGATIONS IMPOSSIBLE TO SIMPLY DISMISS. THEY WOULD EXPLAIN EVERYTHING THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE ABOUT THIS STORY. HOW DOES A MAN WITH FORGED DOCUMENTS GET PHYSICAL OFFICE SPACE INSIDE THE FEDERAL SECRETARIAT, ONE OF THE MOST ACCESS CONTROLLED BUILDINGS IN NIGERIA. HOW DOES A FAKE AGENCY OPEN A BANK ACCOUNT AT THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA, AN INSTITUTION WITH LAYERS OF VERIFICATION? HOW DOES A NON EXISTENT COUNCIL GET A DETAILED BUDGET ALLOCATION PASSED THROUGH THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WITHOUT A SINGLE FLAG BEING RAISED BY ANYONE? HOW DOES THIS RUN FOR OVER A YEAR, IN PLAIN SIGHT, WITH STAFFS AND APPROVALS, AND THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO NOTICED ARE A RIVAL AGENCY? IF ONE MAN DID ALL OF THIS ALONE, WITH NOTHING BUT FORGED LATER HEADS AND, YOU KNOW, PERSONAL AUDACITY, THAT MEANS NIGERIA'S ENTIRE SYSTEM OF INSTITUTIONAL CHECKS AND BALANCES CAN BE DEFEATED BY A CONFIDENT MAN AND A PRINTER. THAT'S JUST THE TRUTH. AND IF THAT IS TRUE, THAT IS THE MOST FRIGHTENING SENTENCE I'VE EVER SAID ABOUT THIS COUNTRY. BUT HERE'S MY PERSONAL TAKE. AND I WANT CLEAR THAT THIS IS MY OPINION, FORMED BY LOOKING PICTURE OF WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT HAS BEEN REPORTED. NOW, I DO NOT BELIEVE ONE MAN DID THIS ALONE. I DON'T. I CANNOT LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT ALLEGEDLY HAPPENED THE OFFICE IN THE SECRETARIAT, THE C B THE BUDGET ALLOCATION, THE DIPLOMATIC MEETINGS. OVER A YEAR OF UNINTERRUPTED OPERATION, AND CONCLUDED THAT THIS WAS A WORK OF ONE PERSON WITH NO BACKING, NO PROTECTION, NO POWERFUL HAND CLEARING THE PATH. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT. NOW, SOME OF WHAT ADEYEMI ALLEGEDLY PULLED OFF MIGHT BE POSSIBLE WITH ENOUGH NERVE AND AUDACITY. BUT ALL OF IT TOGETHER FOR OVER A YEAR WITHOUT BEING FLAGGED BY A SINGLE INSTITUTION. UNTIL A RIVAL AGENCY STUMBLED ONTO IT. HA HA, BRO, THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN BY INDIVIDUAL GENIUS ALONE. THAT HAPPENS WHEN OR A GROUP OF PEOPLE WITH SERIOUS INSTITUTIONAL POWER IS EITHER ENABLING IT OR PROFITING FROM IT, OR BOTH. NOW, WHO THAT IS, YOU BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW. THE COURTS WILL HAVE TO DO THAT WORK. AND IN NIGERIA, WE KNOW HOW LONG THAT WORK TAKES. BUT THE QUESTION EVERY NIGERIAN DESERVE AN ANSWER TO IS NOT JUST, HOW DID ADEYEMI DO THIS? THE QUESTION IS, WHO HELPED, WHO WHO COLLECTED? AND WHERE IS THAT MONEY NOW? BECAUSE THIS STORY IS NOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ONE AUDACIOUS MAN IN A FAKE OFFICE. IT IS ABOUT A SYSTEM SO HOLLOW, SO COMPROMISED, SO PENETRATED AT EVERY LEVEL, THAT A GHOST AGENCY CAN BREATHE NIGERIAN AIR FOR OVER A YEAR, SHAKE HANDS WITH DIPLOMATS, COLLECT BUDGET ALLOCATIONS, CAUGHT BY ACCIDENT. NOW, IF IT HAPPENED ONCE AND GOT CAUGHT ACCIDENTALLY, HOW MANY TIMES HAS IT HAPPENED AND HASN'T BEEN CAUGHT AT ALL? HOW MANY GHOST AGENCIES ARE SITTING IN THIS BUDGET RIGHT NOW? HOW MANY LINE ITEMS ARE BEING DEFENDED BEFORE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES FOR PROGRAMMES THAT EXIST ONLY ON PAPER? HOW MANY BILLIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN RELEASED QUIETLY, CLEANLY, INVISIBLY, INTO ACCOUNTS THAT REAL, POWERFUL, PROTECTED PEOPLE, CONTROL. THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS. AND NIGERIANS DESERVE REAL ANSWERS. NOT PRESS STATEMENTS, NOT DENIALS. WE DESERVE ANSWERS BECAUSE EVERY NAIRA BELONGS TO THE NIGERIAN PEOPLE. AND WE HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM IS GOING. SHARE THIS VIDEO, TALK ABOUT THIS CASE, FOLLOW THE TRIAL ON JULY 27TH, AND REFUSE TO JUST ANOTHER STORY THAT TRENDS FOR A WEEK AND DISAPPEARS. BECAUSE THE ONLY THING MORE DANGEROUS THAN WHAT ADEYEMI ALLEGEDLY DID IS A NIGERIA THAT FORGETS ABOUT IT BY NEXT MONTH. THIS IS MISTER THIS IS MISTER ADEYEMI REACTS