Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, has threatened legal action against Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, demanding N10 billion in damages over allegations of murder, corruption, bribery and other criminal acts made against him.
A legal notice dated July 6, 2026, and issued by Gbajabiamila’s legal representatives, accused Adeyemi of making false and defamatory statements during a press conference held on June 25.
At the briefing, Adeyemi, who is currently facing criminal charges over his alleged involvement with the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), claimed that Gbajabiamila demanded a share of the council’s alleged take-off funds, received payments through intermediaries, abused his office and was involved in a criminal cover-up. He also described the Chief of Staff as a murderer and an assassin.
In response, Gbajabiamila’s lawyers rejected all the allegations, describing them as false, malicious and damaging to his reputation. They insisted that the Chief of Staff has never met, communicated with or had any personal or official relationship with Adeyemi.
The legal team further argued that the accusations were fabricated to portray Gbajabiamila as corrupt, dishonest, criminally liable and unfit to hold public office.
The letter also referenced the ongoing criminal case against Adeyemi before the Federal High Court in Abuja, where he is facing allegations including forgery, such as allegedly producing a fake appointment letter bearing Gbajabiamila’s signature and using counterfeit presidential letterheaded documents to present himself as a government official.
According to the lawyers, making the allegations while criminal proceedings are already before the court amounts to an attempt to influence public opinion through the media rather than allowing the judicial process to take its course.
Gbajabiamila’s legal representatives gave Adeyemi 72 hours to withdraw the statements, remove all related videos, transcripts and recordings from every platform, publish a full apology and retraction in at least five national newspapers and across all social media channels where the allegations were shared, and provide a written commitment not to repeat the claims.
The letter warned that failure to comply would lead to both criminal defamation proceedings and a civil lawsuit seeking N10 billion in aggravated and exemplary damages, alongside a court order compelling a public apology and preventing further defamatory publications.
The dispute is linked to the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, which appeared in the 2026 Appropriation Act with budgetary allocations exceeding N1.3 billion. While Adeyemi has argued that the agency’s inclusion in the budget proves its existence, the Presidency maintains that the council is not a legitimate government agency.
Meanwhile, human rights lawyer Femi Falana has called for an independent investigation into the allegations involving both Gbajabiamila and Adeyemi, insisting that the issues should be thoroughly examined through due process.
Adeyemi is scheduled to appear before the court on July 27, 2026.
