Adeniyi Adeyemi, convener of the disputed Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), has challenged the presidency’s disclaimer distancing itself from the body, while calling on President Bola Tinubu to establish an independent panel to investigate the controversy.
Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, Adeyemi
questioned the June 11 statement by Femi Gbajabiamila, chief of staff to the
president, which said the PFIPC does not exist under the Tinubu administration.
“It has come to the notice of the Federal Government of
Nigeria and specifically the Office of the Chief of Staff to His Excellency,
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR that a certain Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, under
the auspices of an alleged organisation styled as the ‘Presidential Foreign
Intervention Promotion Council’ is portraying himself to the general public as
having been appointed by my office,” Gbajabiamila said.
“The unsuspecting public is hereby advised to note that such
an office does not exist under this administration and no appointment has been
made in that regard.”
The chief of staff also advised foreign missions,
development organisations, financial institutions and the public to disregard
claims linking his office to the body.
Adeyemi, however, argued that the disclaimer had raised
questions about official records and government processes that should be
independently investigated.
‘IF THE COUNCIL DOESN’T EXIST, HOW DID IT APPEAR IN THE
BUDGET?’
Adeyemi questioned how the PFIPC allegedly appeared in the
2026 appropriation budget if, as maintained by the presidency, the body does
not exist.
“Let’s assume for one second that all what the chief of
staff published were right, that the agency does not exist. Then how did the
agency’s name get into the 2026 appropriation budget pages 50 and 51?” he
queried.
He said the issue was “not about personalities” but about
resolving what he described as contradictions in official government records.
“The issue is no longer about personalities. It is about
contradictions that demand answers,” he said.
Adeyemi also questioned what he described as references to
the council in other government processes, arguing that the issues warranted an
independent inquiry.
Adeyemi called on Tinubu to constitute an independent
investigative panel to examine the controversy.
He said the panel should review budgetary references and
institutional records relating to the council, question relevant officials and
publish its findings.
“The purpose is clarity: not denial versus counter-denial.
If I am wrong, let an independent process prove it. If Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila
is right, let it confirm it,” he said.
He also appealed for investigations into the death of
Babatunde Tanimola, whom he described as an intermediary, as well as alleged
attempts on his life.
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