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Gbajabiamila vs Adeyemi: PFIPC Scandal Unsettles Tinubu Government.

It appears a moment of storm for the President Bola Tinubu administration as it battles the controversy surrounding the alleged Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, PFIPC, an agency the presidency insists never existed.

This is even as the man, Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, who claims he was appointed to head the council, said he is ready to submit himself and all documents in his possession to the Department of State Services or the Nigeria Police Force to aid investigations into the controversy surrounding the agency.

Adeyemi questioned how the agency was captured in the national budget despite the Presidency’s insistence that it never existed.

He spoke in a chat with social media activist, Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, claiming that he was in police detention during the period the budget was being prepared and therefore could not have participated in the budget defence process.

The development comes even as the President on Tuesday directed the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, to conduct a thorough investigation into the activities of PFIPC and all related matters.

President Tinubu ordered ICPC to conclude an investigation within 30 days into the fictitious PFIPC, which was never established by the Nigerian government and lacks legal basis.

The investigation will examine forged appointment letters, misuse of presidential claims for official recognition, the opening of fake bank accounts, and the involvement of officials or institutions.

Tinubu also instructed the ICPC to identify procedural weaknesses and ensure accountability, demanding cooperation from all government agencies.

The controversy involves a dispute between President’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, and Prince Adeyiyi Adeyemi, who claims to head the council.

Gbajabiamila warned public entities against dealing with Adeyemi, calling him an impostor, and denying the existence of the council under Tinubu. Adeyemi faces charges of conspiracy, forgery, and impersonation, with Gbajabiamila and others as witnesses.

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