Reps Panel Declares PFIPC DG’s Appointment Letter Fake
The House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the controversial Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) has declared the appointment letter presented by the council’s self-acclaimed Director-General, Adeniyi Adeyemi, as fake.
Chairman of the committee, Yusuf Gagdi, disclosed this on Wednesday during the continuation of the probe in Abuja.
According to Gagdi, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack, confirmed that both the appointment letter and the Act relied upon by Adeyemi were not authentic.
“It was established that the so-called letter of appointment was fake. The Act presented to the Head of Service was equally fake and forged,” Gagdi said.
Appearing before the committee for the second time, Walson-Jack admitted that her office failed to carry out adequate due diligence before recognising the purported council.
She explained that officials initially relied on documents bearing the State House logo and what appeared to be a genuine presidential signature, but police forensic analysis later established that the signatures did not match authentic State House records.
The Head of Service pledged to strengthen internal verification procedures to prevent similar lapses.
Meanwhile, representatives of the Inspector-General of Police informed the committee that Adeyemi could not appear before lawmakers because of a subsisting court order.
The committee subsequently adjourned further hearing until next week.
The probe follows allegations by Adeyemi that the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, demanded a share of the council’s proposed take-off funds—claims the Chief of Staff has strongly denied.
President Bola Tinubu has since directed the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to investigate the allegations, while the House committee continues its inquiry into the establishment of the disputed agency and the proposed ₦1.3 billion allocation to it in the 2026 budget.
The Director-General of the Budget Office, Tanimu Yakubu, also told lawmakers that none of the funds appropriated for the council had been released or spent.
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