•Head of Civil Service Mrs. Didi Walson-Jack Walson-Jack and ‘DG’ Adeniyi Adeyemi
The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack, has admitted that due diligence was not thoroughly carried out in the process that led to the recognition of the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council.
She accepted responsibility for the lapse, saying her office relied on documents that appeared authentic without subjecting them to sufficient verification, reports Channels TV.
Walson-Jack made the admission while appearing before the House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the alleged operation of the purported council.
She told lawmakers that her office had no reason to doubt the documents at the time because they bore the State House logo and what appeared to be a familiar signature.
However, the HoSF said subsequent comparisons with genuine State House correspondence, backed by police forensic findings, confirmed that the signatures were different.
She, however, assured the committee that her office would review its internal verification procedures to make them more robust and fraud-proof.
Meanwhile, the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, has told the committee that the self-acclaimed Director-General of the purported council, Mr. Adeniyi Adeyemi, could not appear before the lawmakers due to a subsisting court order.
Disu, who was represented by Deputy Commissioner of Police Olufemi Akinola, said Adeyemi could only appear upon an order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
Following the submission, the committee adjourned further sitting on the matter until next week.
