The House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the alleged fictitious Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) has released its preliminary report, clearing the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, of involvement in the purported appointment of Adeniyi Adeyemi as the council’s Director-General.
The committee, which was constituted following controversy over the inclusion of the PFIPC in the 2026 Appropriation Bill, released its preliminary findings on Wednesday.
The report, presented by the committee’s Chairman, Yusuf Adamu Gagdi, said investigations uncovered 58 bank accounts and 12 agencies and entities linked to Adeyemi.
The committee said its preliminary findings were based on oral testimony, documentary evidence, financial records and submissions from multiple government agencies.
According to the report, no valid Act of the National Assembly or presidential order established the PFIPC.
The committee also said “evidence” received from the State House indicated that the Presidency did not appoint Adeyemi as the PFIPC DG.
It further said it found no evidence that Gbajabiamila signed Adeyemi’s purported appointment letter.
“The Committee therefore preliminarily finds that the purported appointment letter was fabricated and falsely attributed to the Presidency,” the report reads.
“Such conduct, if established through the applicable criminal process, would constitute a grave assault on the integrity of the Office of the President and the official identity of the Federal Government.
“The unlawful creation or deployment of a document calculated to represent that the President or the Chief of Staff had authorised the appointment of a person to head a non-existent federal institution cannot be treated as a mere administrative irregularity.
“It is a matter deserving the most serious investigative and prosecutorial attention.”
The entities linked to Adeyemi and identified by the committee include the Confederation of United Nations Youths; FCT Investment Promotion Agency and Public-Private Partnership; FCT Investment Promotion Council and Public-Private Partnership; Foreign Investment Promotion Agency; United Nations Youth Global Agency; and United Nations Youth Global Foundation.
Others are World United Nations Youth Global Foundation; World Entrepreneurship University Limited; World Enterprise University Limited; FCT Investment Promotion Act; FCT Promotion Agency; and Olubadan of Ibadan Foundation.
The committee said approximately 58 bank accounts were linked to the entities.
### Reps panel accuses Accountant-General, Budget Office of institutional lapses
The committee said it discovered a forged letter dated November 7, 2024, which purportedly emanated from the State House and was addressed to the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation.
According to the committee, the letter requested the creation or issuance of an administrative code for the PFIPC.
The panel said the letter was purportedly signed by one Akambi Adewale, who does not exist in the records of the State House.
The committee accused the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation and the Budget Office of the Federation of “institutional lapses” in their handling of the PFIPC matter.
It said the OAGF confirmed that its response to the forged letter should have been addressed through a “properly authenticated official channel” instead of being handed to Adeyemi.
“The office (OAGF) further acknowledged that the response ought not to have been released to Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi or any other unauthorised person but should have been transmitted through a properly authenticated official channel,” the report reads.
“The committee considers it a serious administrative and security lapse that official correspondence addressed to the State House could allegedly have been collected by a person connected with the forged originating request.
“The committee is therefore investigating whether the circumstances arose from negligence, failure to observe elementary verification requirements, breach of established correspondence procedures, wilful disregard of due process or deliberate facilitation.
“No officer will be condemned without fair hearing. Equally, no proven breach of public duty will be overlooked.
“The Budget Office made extensive submissions regarding its interaction with the purported organisation.
“While preliminary evidence indicates that the Office was presented with documentation purporting to establish the organisation as a federal institution, the Committee considers that verification of the legal existence of an institution is a fundamental prerequisite to its recognition within the Federal Budget Framework.