The House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee investigating the controversial inclusion of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) in the national budget framework has completely exonerated the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, from any involvement in the creation, authorization, or operations of the fraudulent agency.
​Presenting the committee’s interim report on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja, Committee Chairman Rep. Yusuf Adamu Gagdi revealed that rather than facilitating the illegal body, Gbajabiamila actively triggered security investigations against it.
​The panel uncovered that the PFIPC was never lawfully established by any Act of Parliament, gazetted enactment, or authentic Presidential Executive Order.
​Key findings presented by Chairman Yusuf Gagdi highlighted a sophisticated forgery network. A document presented as an official appointment letter for the purported Director-General of PFIPC, Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, carried a fake signature attributed to Gbajabiamila.
Forensic analysis confirmed the document used a fake State House letterhead, inconsistent reference numbers, and non-standard administrative formatting.
A forged document titled Presidential Executive Order No. 5 (dated February 24, 2026) was fabricated to confer pseudo-legal backing to the organization.
Portions of existing parliamentary acts were electronically altered and substituted to give the false impression that the National Assembly had passed enabling legislation for the council.
​”The documentary evidence presently before the Committee does not establish that the Chief of Staff authorised, approved, established or participated in the activities of the purported organisation,” Rep. Yusuf Gagdi stated during the press briefing.
“On the contrary, Chief of Staff Femi Gbajabiamila acted swiftly within 24 hours of being alerted by the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) to petition the Police, DSS, EFCC, and the Office of the National Security Adviser.”
​The ad-hoc committee, constituted pursuant to a House resolution passed on July 8, 2026, revealed that the syndicate managed to illegally secure a ₦1.3 billion provision in the 2026 Appropriation Act under the Presidency’s budget framework.
​The interim report further detailed a Financial Network of 58 bank accounts and 12 corporate entities have been linked to the primary suspect, Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, and his associated network.
The fake agency illegally occupied office space within the Federal Secretariat, recruited roughly 39 unsuspecting staff members, and illegally procured official government vehicle license plates from the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC).
​The committee confirmed that investigations remain ongoing to determine whether any actual cash allocations were disbursed from the treasury to the fake accounts before the scheme was intercepted.
The panel’s final report will be submitted to the plenary upon the completion of financial reconciliations with the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation.
