According to a video posted on Channels TV on Monday, July 13, 2026, Adeniyi Adeyemi raised a striking possibility during his interview, suggesting that he may have been dealing with a fake chief of staff throughout the process that led to his disputed appointment.
Adeyemi, who is facing forgery and impersonation charges connected to the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), was asked whether it was fair to make serious allegations against a chief of staff he claims to have never physically met or spoken to directly, and whose phone number he could not independently confirm.
Rather than retreating from his position, Adeyemi turned the question back on the interviewer, suggesting that the uncertainty around identity cuts both ways, and that he too may have been misled by someone posing as an official with authority he did not actually have.