Nigeria’s House of Representatives has intensified its investigation into the controversial Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), directing the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, to produce the agency’s self-acclaimed Director-General, Adeniyi Adeyemi, before its ad hoc committee.
The committee ordered that Adeyemi appear before lawmakers at 12 noon on July 29, 2026, as the probe into the agency’s establishment, funding and operations gathers momentum. The panel is examining how the PFIPC was created and how it secured a budget allocation despite growing questions over its legal status.
Fresh revelations also emerged on Monday as the Accountant-General of the Federation, Shamseldeen Ogunjimi, disclosed that his office rejected the PFIPC’s request to open a Treasury Single Account (TSA). Appearing before the House committee, Ogunjimi explained that the request was declined because the agency failed to meet the due diligence requirements needed before such an account could be approved.
The PFIPC has remained at the centre of national controversy after Adeyemi accused the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, of demanding 48 percent of the agency’s proposed ₦27.3 billion take-off grant. He also alleged that Gbajabiamila received ₦400 million through a proxy and later requested an additional ₦200 million to facilitate presidential approvals.
Gbajabiamila has strongly denied all the allegations in a sworn statement, insisting he has no personal, professional or official relationship with Adeyemi. He also denied receiving money, abusing his office, interfering with investigations or having any connection to the alleged death of Babatunde Tanimola, who was named by Adeyemi as an intermediary.
Following the allegations, President Bola Tinubu directed the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to investigate the matter. Separately, Gbajabiamila has filed a ₦15 billion defamation suit against Adeyemi at the Federal Capital Territory High Court, seeking damages, legal costs and a public apology across national newspapers and social media platforms.
The House committee, chaired by Yusuf Gagdi, is also investigating the inclusion of the PFIPC in the 2026 Appropriation Act, where the agency reportedly received an allocation of about ₦1.3 billion. Previous appearances before the panel by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Esther Walson-Jack, and the Director-General of the Budget Office, Tanimu Yakubu, further raised questions about the agency’s operations.
Walson-Jack told lawmakers that her office neither allocated office space to the PFIPC nor deployed civil servants to the agency. Yakubu also stated that none of the funds appropriated for the council had been released or spent, stressing that the legal conditions required for personnel, overhead and capital expenditures were never fulfilled.
