Short answer: almost certainly not through forgery alone.
Here is what actually happened.
There is a real Presidential Economic Advisory Council. It is a legitimate body that Tinubu reconstituted in 2023 with proper appointments. It already had a budget line. What appears to have happened is that Adeyemi's invented agency name, the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, was grafted onto that existing legitimate budget line during the National Assembly phase of the 2026 appropriation process.
The actual published 2026 Appropriation Act lists the entry as: "PRESIDENTIAL ECONOMIC ADVISORY COUNCIL / PRESIDENTIALL FOREIGN INTERVENTION PROMOTION COUNCIL" under a single budget code, with N1.3 billion in combined allocation. Two agencies, one real and one fictitious, sharing one budget code. And the word "PRESIDENTIAL" in the second name is spelled "PRESIDENTIALL" with a double L, in a signed national budget document, which tells you how carefully that entry was reviewed before the President put pen to paper.
This is not unusual in how Nigeria's budget process works. The President submitted a N58.18 trillion bill in December 2025. By the time NASS finished with it, it had grown to N68.3 trillion, over N9 trillion added during legislative deliberations. Analysis of the final document showed at least 82 MDAs had new lines inserted that were not in the President's original submission, totalling N3.5 trillion in additions, in direct contradiction of a Budget Office circular warning against new projects. This happens every budget cycle. BudgIT has flagged it for years. Agencies and individuals lobby appropriations committee members during the legislative phase and lines get inserted or amended.
So to directly answer the question: the budget entry most likely happened through that legislative insertion gap, not through a forged document submitted to the Budget Office. Someone, whether Adeyemi himself through contacts, a legislator acting on bad information, or a staff member who had been deceived by his paperwork, added the PFIPC name to the PEAC's existing budget code during NASS deliberations. The Budget Office saw a code that already existed for a legitimate body and processed it without flagging the second name.
The Presidency's July 1 statement calls him a fraudster and an impostor. That may be entirely correct and the court will settle it. But that same statement does not address the budget entry with a single sentence. The investigation needs to identify who specifically touched that appropriation line and at what stage. If it stops at Adeyemi's eight-count charge without tracing the budget insertion, the most important question in this entire saga goes unanswered.
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🗣️ Lionel Messi: "First of all, thank you to everyone for the birthday wishes. It has been a very special day for me.
I also received a call from Cristiano Ronaldo, who took the time to wish me a happy birthday. It was a thoughtful gesture, and I truly appreciated it.
Over the years, we have shared one of football's greatest rivalries. We pushed each other to improve, competed at the highest level, and created many unforgettable moments. Above all, there has always been mutual respect between us.
Hopefully, both of our teams can reach the final. I think it would be something special for football and for the fans around the world. Maybe we could have one last dance together on the biggest stage.
For now, my focus is on helping my team, enjoying every moment, and continuing to compete at the highest level."
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Only a drunkard will believe that Getafe will beat us at home. They will so suffer in this second half for scoring us first.
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