‘My Son Well-Behaved, These Rumours Heartbreaking,’ Father Of ‘Fake’ Agency DG Laments

The father of Adeniyi Adeyemi, the self-acclaimed Director-General of the controversial Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, has expressed anguish over the allegations against his son, insisting his son is “well-behaved” and lamenting that the rumours surrounding the case have left him distressed.

The father spoke after security operatives raided his residence and took him away for questioning while searching for his son.

Speaking in a Wednesday interview with BBC Yoruba at his Ogbomosho, Oyo residence, Adetunji Adeniyi described his son as “soft-hearted” and “well-behaved,” saying he was shocked by the allegations against him.

“My child is not a troublesome person who will do that type of thing that they are looking for him,” he said.

Recounting the raid, the elderly man alleged that security operatives scaled the fence into his compound before forcing their way into the house.

“They jumped into my compound through the fence. They spoilt the barbed wire and started banging on the door. I asked who was at the door, and they identified themselves as government security personnel. They barged inside and started scattering everywhere, searching everywhere,” he said.

According to him, the operatives searched the premises but failed to find his son.

“They came back again before they eventually left,” he added.

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Adetunji said the operatives never informed him of the specific offence his son allegedly committed.

“They did not tell me what my son did. They just told me that the government was looking for him.”

He said the officers asked him about his son’s workplace, but he could only tell them that Adeyemi had informed the family he worked for the government in Abuja.

“They asked me where my son works. I said I do not know, but he told me he works with the government in Abuja. I have never been to his office before,” he said.

The elderly man added that he had recently seen his son before he returned to Abuja.

“He came home recently and told me he was returning to Abuja, his workplace. The police then questioned why I did not know his whereabouts. I asked if I was supposed to stop him from going back to work. After the questioning, they arrested me before I was later released.”

Expressing concern over the development, he said, “My child is soft-hearted and well-behaved. I am not physically fit, and all the rumours I am hearing are making me unhappy. I am surprised by the allegations.”

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