People are calling for Femi Gbajabiamila to resign or step aside pending investigation. Let us examine what exactly that call is based on.
The sole source of the allegation against the Chief of Staff is Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew.
A man who in 2016 paraded himself as Ambassador and President-General of a fake World Youth Organisation he claimed was affiliated with the United Nations, until the UN publicly denied the existence of any such body.
A man who forged a presidential appointment letter, operated a fictitious agency from the Federal Secretariat, opened a CBN account through deception, and is currently facing eight counts of forgery, impersonation and obtaining by false pretence at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
A man who was on police bail when he held a press conference making financial allegations against the Chief of Staff, directly contradicting the statement he had already given to the police months earlier.
This is the witness. This is the only source. A documented, charged, serial impostor whose entire adult public life as now investigated is a trail of false titles, forged documents and fabricated institutions.
And on the basis of his word alone, prominent voices are demanding that the Chief of Staff of the President of Nigeria resign.
Let us also be clear about what Gbajabiamila actually did in this matter.
He is the person who blew the whistle. His office petitioned the DSS and Police on October 17, 2025 after complaints reached him. He sent a clear rebuttal to the Foreign Affairs Ministry. He wrote to the SGF formally disowning Adeyemi and his agency. He initiated the chain of events that led to the arrest, the investigation and the eight-count charge now before the Federal High Court.
The man being asked to resign is the man who set the prosecution in motion.
The institutional questions about the budget entry and the civil servant chain are real and deserve answers. An independent investigation that follows the paper trail is legitimate, and I have said so consistently on this page. But resignation based solely on the allegations of a man the courts are actively prosecuting for forgery and impersonation, before a single finding of wrongdoing has been made against the Chief of Staff, is not accountability.
It is a political operation wearing accountability’s clothes.
Now let us talk about who is actually behind these resignation calls and why.
The Chief of Staff to the President is by definition the most important gatekeeper in any administration. He controls access to the President. He filters what reaches the President’s desk. He determines who gets in and who does not.
That role, by its nature, creates a specific category of people who are frustrated by his existence. People whose proposals, appointments and business interests require proximity to the President that the Chief of Staff has not facilitated. People who want unfiltered access to the Presidency and cannot get it because he is in the way.
When a scandal involving a forger lands on his doorstep, that category of people has every incentive to amplify it, sustain it and push loudly for his removal. Not because they believe the forger. But because the forger’s allegations, however unverified, create the most convenient argument for removing the obstacle between them and the President.
The calls for resignation are coming from an opposition that wants to tie this scandal to the administration as it heads into 2027. They are being amplified by media outlets that have been adversarial to this government regardless of facts. And they are being quietly supported by people inside and outside Abuja who have very specific, very personal reasons to want this particular man removed from this particular office.
A documented criminal’s press conference is not grounds for resignation. It is grounds for a court date.
That date is July 27. Let the process work.
