The House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee investigating the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) has completely exonerated Femi Gbajabiamila, the Chief of Staff to the President, from any involvement in the creation or operations of the controversial entity.
In its preliminary report released on September 2, 2026, the committee, chaired by Representative Yusuf Adamu Gagdi, revealed a massive scheme involving a trove of forged presidential and legislative documents.
The panel established that the PFIPC was never lawfully created by any Act of the National Assembly or Presidential Executive Order.
The committee found that a letter appointing Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi as the Director-General of the PFIPC, which allegedly bore the authority and signature of the Chief of Staff, was entirely fabricated.
Forensic analysis and State House records verified that the signature was a complete forgery and the letterhead used was fake.
According to the forensic analysis, the format and administrative features departed materially from official State House correspondence.
Rather than implicating Gbajabiamila, the panel’s findings showed that the Chief of Staff acted proactively against the syndicate.
“When the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission raised concerns about the suspicious council, Gbajabiamila responded within twenty-four hours.
“He petitioned major security bodies, including the Department of State Services (DSS), the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), to initiate criminal investigations,” the panel findings revealed.
Beyond clearing the Chief of Staff, the legislative probe exposed an intricate network of institutional manipulation.
The panel uncovered 58 bank accounts and 12 other fictitious agencies operating under Adeyemi’s control, including fake investment promotion councils for the FCT.
Also, the committee is investigating a ₦400 million fraudulent contract facilitation transaction linked to the fake council.
While the State House and Central Bank of Nigeria internal processes were cleared of faults, lawmakers turned their attention to severe administrative lapses in other government institutions.
The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Didi Esther Walson-Jack, admitted that her office unknowingly processed requests using the fake documents under the assumption that the PFIPC was legitimate.
The committee’s ongoing inquiry is focused on identifying whether these actions resulted from administrative negligence or active internal connivance, with the goal of strengthening national verification procedures to prevent future structural breaches.
