The House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee investigating the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council has cleared the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila, of any involvement in the organisation’s activities.
The committee said its preliminary investigation found no evidence that Gbajabiamila established, authorised, approved or took part in the activities of the purported council.
Committee chairman, Yusuf Gagdi, made this known on Wednesday while presenting the panel’s preliminary findings during a press briefing televised by TVC.
According to the lawmakers, Gbajabiamila took steps to alert relevant security and investigative agencies after concerns about the organisation were brought to his attention.
The committee said the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission was among the first institutions to raise concerns, citing suspected fraudulent activities and alleged misuse of official materials.
It said Gbajabiamila responded within 24 hours by contacting the Nigeria Police Force, the Office of the National Security Adviser, the Department of State Services and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The Chief of Staff also directed relevant government institutions to carry out administrative verification, the panel said.
According to the committee, he subsequently sent additional communications requesting investigations and appropriate action after further concerns emerged, including those relating to a proposed world investment summit.
“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.
“On the contrary, the evidence demonstrates repeated steps to secure investigation, institutional verification and appropriate administrative action,” the committee said.
Based on its preliminary findings, the panel commended Gbajabiamila for the security and administrative measures he took whenever the matter was brought to his attention.
The lawmakers also determined that a letter purportedly appointing Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi as Director-General of the organisation was forged and falsely presented as an official document from the Presidency.
The letter, which allegedly carried Gbajabiamila’s authority and signature, was not issued or approved by the Presidency, the committee found.
State House records reviewed by the panel showed that Gbajabiamila neither signed nor issued the appointment letter. The committee also found that the letterhead was not genuine State House stationery and that its reference number did not follow the Presidency’s official numbering system.
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The panel further dismissed documents presented as an executive order and an Act of the National Assembly supposedly establishing the organisation.
It said the document described as Executive Order No. 5, dated February 24, 2026, was neither issued nor approved through the required presidential procedures.
Similarly, the purported Act was not passed by both chambers of the National Assembly, assented to by President Tinubu or gazetted as a federal law.
The committee said part of a document belonging to another institution appeared to have been electronically altered, mutilated or replaced to create the impression that lawmakers had legally established the organisation.
The investigation therefore found no valid law, executive order, administrative instrument or other lawful authority establishing an institution known as the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council.
The committee also said preliminary financial information had connected about 58 bank accounts with identifying details associated with Adeyemi.
The controversy followed the appearance of the purported PFIPC, allegedly headed by Adeyemi, in the 2026 Federal Government budget despite questions over its legal status.
Adeyemi had identified himself as the council’s Director-General and allegedly claimed that Gbajabiamila appointed him. He also made claims concerning funds and the organisation’s operations.
Gbajabiamila denied any connection to the purported council, leading to broader questions over how an organisation without established legal authority could secure a budgetary allocation and operate within government structures.
As the investigation continued, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission also uncovered another alleged fake government agency, the National Brands Development and Made-in-Nigeria Special Project Office, raising further concerns over purported government bodies operating without lawful approval.