Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, has threatened legal action against Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, demanding N10 billion in damages over allegations linking him to murder, bribery, and other criminal activities.
This was contained in a letter dated July 6, 2026, signed by Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Kemi Pinheiro, on behalf of Pinheiro LP, the legal representatives of the Chief of Staff.
The letter reads in part, “The publication which has been extensively circulated across several print, electronic and social media platforms and has consequently attracted widespread public attention, contains numerous statements which are not only false, malicious, reckless and entirely without factual foundation, but were clearly designed to portray our client as corrupt, dishonest, criminally culpable, morally bankrupt, administratively incompetent, a murderer and unfit to occupy public office.
“In particular, in your press conference, you falsely alleged, among other things, that our client demanded or requested forty-eight percent (48%) of the alleged take-off grant of an entity described as the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, received the sum of 400,000,000.00 by proxy in connection with appointments relating to the said entity, abused and exploited his office as Chief of Staff to intimidate individuals and media organizations,
“Knowingly participated in fraudulent governmental processes relating to the national budget acted dishonestly and in a manner warranting his resignation from public office sought to manipulate or misuse security agencies against you may have acted under the influence of intoxicating substances in the discharge of his official duties and engaged in conduct suggestive of corruption, abuse of office, criminality and gross misconduct is a murderer, assassin and participated in a criminal cover-up.
