The House of Representatives ad hoc committee established to investigate the fictitious Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) has released its preliminary report.
In the report released on Wednesday, the committee said
investigations uncovered 58 bank accounts and 12 agencies and entities related
to Adeniyi Adeyemi, the PFIPC DG.
The ad committee was instituted by the green chamber
following the controversy which trailed the inclusion of the PFIPC in the 2026
appropriation bill.
The report was released by Yusuf Adamu Gagdi, the chairman
of the committee.
The reps committee said the preliminary findings arose from
its oral testimony, documentary evidence, financial records and submissions of
multiple government agencies.
The committee said no valid act of the national assembly or
presidential order established the PFIPC.
The committee said “evidence” received from the state house
indicated that the presidency did not appoint Adeyemi as the PFIPC DG.
The panel also said it did not find any evidence to show
that Femi Gbajabiamila, chief of staff to the president, signed Adeyemi’s
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: 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 addressed
to the office of the accountant-general of the federation (OAGF).
The committee said the letter was written to request the
creation or issuance of an administrative code for the PFIPC.
The committee 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 OAGF and budget office of the
federation of “institutional lapses” in the handling of the PFIPC matter.
The committee said 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.”
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