Reps Order IGP To Produce Disputed PFIPC DG Within 48 Hours

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(IGP), Olatunji Disu, to produce the self-acclaimed Director-General of the disputed agency, Adeniyi Adeyemi, before the committee.

The committee instructed the IGP to ensure Adeyemi appears before lawmakers on July 29, 2026, at 12 noon, as its investigation into the controversial council continues.

The directive was issued on Monday during the committee’s ongoing probe, where the Accountant-General of the Federation, Shamseldeen Ogunjimi, also disclosed that his office rejected a request by the PFIPC to open a Treasury Single Account (TSA), stating that the agency failed to meet the required due diligence process.

Appearing before the committee, Ogunjimi explained that although the council applied for a TSA account, the request was declined because it did not satisfy the necessary verification and compliance requirements.

The PFIPC controversy erupted after its self-proclaimed Director-General, Adeniyi Adeyemi, alleged during a press conference that the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, demanded 48 per cent of the council’s proposed ₦27.3 billion take-off grant.

Adeyemi further alleged that the Chief of Staff received ₦400 million through a proxy and later requested an additional ₦200 million to facilitate presidential approvals.

Gbajabiamila has strongly denied the allegations in a sworn statement, insisting that he has never had any personal, official or professional relationship with Adeyemi.

He also rejected claims that he demanded or received any money, abused his office, or interfered with law enforcement agencies.

The Chief of Staff equally 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.

Following the allegations, President Bola Tinubu directed the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to investigate the matter.

Two weeks ago, Gbajabiamila filed a ₦15 billion defamation suit against Adeyemi at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.

In the suit, he is seeking ₦10 billion in general damages, ₦5 billion in aggravated damages, ₦200 million as the cost of litigation, and a court order compelling Adeyemi to publish a retraction and apology in five national newspapers and across all social media platforms where the alleged defamatory statements were published.

In response to the controversy, the House of Representatives constituted 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 Appropriation Act.

The panel is also examining the alleged allocation of ₦1.3 billion to the PFIPC in the 2026 budget.

Committee Chairman Yusuf Gagdi assured Nigerians that the investigation would be comprehensive, transparent and impartial.

Last week, the ICPC confirmed that it had questioned Gbajabiamila over the PFIPC allegations.

The committee has also heard from the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Esther Walson-Jack, and the Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Tanimu Yakubu.

During her appearance, Walson-Jack stated that her office neither allocated office space at the Federal Secretariat in Abuja to the PFIPC nor deployed any civil servants to the council.

“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,” she said.

She further clarified that while there had been speculation that the council occupied office space within the Federal Secretariat Phase Three, her office “did not allocate any office space to the PFIPC.”

Also addressing the committee, Budget Office Director-General Tanimu Yakubu maintained that no public funds appropriated for the disputed agency were ever spent.

Yakubu explained that although the National Assembly approved budgetary allocations for the council, the legal and administrative requirements necessary for the release and utilisation of the funds were never fulfilled.

“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 stated.

“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.”