Gbajabiamila gate scandal: Tinubu’s Chief of Staff threatens Adeyemi with N10 billion lawsuit

By Kingston Magare 7.7.2026
President Bola Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila has threatened to sue Adeniyi Adeyemi the man in the centre of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) scandal.
Lawyers representing Hon Gbajabiamila said the former Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives has been defamed by Mr. Adeyemi who had accused Gbajabiamila of asking for gratification to promote the cause of the PFIPC after he paid him N400m to secure the appointment as DG of the government agency that has been disowned by the President Tinubu’s administration.
According to a letter of noticed signed by Kemi Pinheiro, Mr. Adeyemi who is facing charges of forgery and impersonation at a Federal High Court Abuja, has 72 hours to take down all videos, comments and allegations he made against Gbajabiamila otherwise he would be slammed with a N10 billion defamation suit.
Adeyemi was also asked to publish an apology and full retraction of the accusations he made during a press conference on June 26 and have them published in five major national newspapers.
Pinheiro labelled the allegations from Adeyemi as “malicious, reckless and entirely without factual foundation” and targeted at showing Gbajabiamila as “corrupt, morally bankrupt, and a murderer”.
“He must cease and desist from making, repeating, publishing or causing to be published any further defamatory statements concerning our client” and also “provide our law firm with a written undertaking that you shall refrain from making any further defamatory statements concerning our client”.
“Unless the foregoing demands are fully complied with within 72 hours of your receipt of this letter, our Client shall, without further reference to you, commence appropriate legal proceedings against you”, including lodging a criminal petition/complaint against “you for criminal defamation of our client in line with extant laws of the F.C.T.”
“Commencing civil proceedings where we shall, on behalf of our client, seek amongst others the sum of ₦10,000,000,000.00 (Ten Billion Naira Only) as aggravated and exemplary damages which shall be paid to a charity or charities of our client’s choice,” the letter read in part.
Mr. Adeyemi in an interview with Channels TV stated that he was ready to go to court and allow the law to either vindicate him or indict him.
“If I’m wrong, let the court of law do that, and if I’m right, let the court of law do that; do the right thing,” he said.
Adeyemi denied claims labelling him as a con artist, arguing that “since the matter is in the court, let the court of competent jurisdiction vindicate me because I’m 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. Then let the court of competent jurisdiction do what they need to,” he said.