•IGP, Reps and Adeyemi
The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating the activities of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) has directed the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, to produce the alleged director-general of the disputed agency to appear before it.
It urged the IGP to produce Mr. Adeniyi Adeyemi before the committee on July 29, 2026, at noon, as its investigation into the PFIPC continues, reports Channels TV.
The lawmakers’ call came today just as the Accountant General of the Federation, Mr. Shamseldeen Ogunjimi, said that his office declined a request by the PFIPC to open a Treasury Single Account (TSA), insisting that due diligence had not been completed.
Ogunjimi, who spoke when he appeared before the House of Representatives ad hoc committee, explained that though the ‘council’ requested the opening of a TSA account, his office declined the request pending compliance with established due diligence requirements.
The PFIPC controversy began after the self-acclaimed director-general of the disputed agency, Adeniyi Adeyemi, alleged during a presser that the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, demanded 48 per cent from its ₦27.3 billion take-off grant.
Adeyemi had also alleged that the Chief of Staff received ₦400 million through a proxy and requested an additional ₦200 million to facilitate presidential approvals.
But Gbajabiamila denied the allegations in a statement on oath, maintaining that he had no personal, official or professional relationship with Adeyemi.
He also denied demanding or receiving any money, abusing his office or interfering with law enforcement agencies.
The Chief of Staff further denied any involvement in the alleged death of Babatunde Tanimola, whom Adeyemi claimed acted as an intermediary, as well as allegations linking him to an alleged assassination attempt on the defendant or interference with investigations by security agencies.
Tinubu Steps In
Following the allegations, President Bola Tinubu directed the ICPC to investigate the matter.
Two weeks ago, Gbajabiamila instituted a ₦15 billion defamation suit against the disputed DG at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
In the suit, he sought ₦10 billion in general damages, ₦5 billion in aggravated damages, ₦200 million as the cost of the action, and an order directing Adeyemi to publish a retraction and apology in five national newspapers and across all social media platforms where the alleged defamatory statements were published.
Reps Probe Committee
Following the outrage generated by the issue, the House of Representatives inaugurated a 12-member ad hoc committee to investigate the circumstances surrounding the establishment of the disputed agency and the process through which it was included in the 2026 budget.
The committee is also investigating the alleged allocation of ₦1.3 billion to the agency in the 2026 Appropriation Act.
The committee is chaired by Yusuf Gagdi, who assured Nigerians that the panel would conduct a thorough and impartial investigation.
Last week, the ICPC confirmed that it questioned Gbajabiamila over the disputed PFIPC.
The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation and the DG of the Budget Office have appeared before the committee on the matter.
During her appearance, the HoSF, Esther Walson-Jack, said her office did not allocate office space at the Federal Secretariat in Abuja nor deploy staff to the PFIPC.
“The request for deployment of officers was received and noted for consideration. However, there was no deployment of officers by the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation to the council,” said Walson-Jack.
The Head of Service also noted that “while there is speculation that the council occupied office space in the Federal Secretariat Phase Three,” her office could state categorically that it “did not allocate any office space to the PFIPC”.
No Kobo Spent
Similarly, the Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Tanimu Yakubu, told the committee that no kobo appropriated for the disputed agency was spent.
Yakubu maintained that while the National Assembly approved funds for the council, the statutory conditions required to release, pay, or spend the money were never met.
“The conclusion is firm. Not one kobo of the personnel provision could lawfully have been drawn, and not one kobo was drawn. The overhead provision never matured into a lawful cash release,” Yakubu said.
“The capital provision never matured into procurement or expenditure. The conditions required for spending were not met and were not close to being met. There is therefore no personnel expenditure to recover. The money never moved because the controls held.”
