Fresh findings from investigations into the fraudulent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) have cleared the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, while implicating several individuals allegedly involved in operating the fake government agency.
According to police forensic analysis, the signature attributed to Gbajabiamila on a purported PFIPC appointment letter was forged.
Investigators also reportedly found no evidence that Gbajabiamila received any part of the alleged N400 million said to be connected to Prince Adeyemi Adeniyi Matthew, the suspected mastermind of the fake agency.
Rather, financial investigations reportedly traced the funds to Adeyemi’s personal accounts, where they were allegedly used for car purchases, personal expenses, transfers to family members and other transactions.
Gbajabiamila had reportedly petitioned security agencies as far back as October 2025 over the alleged impersonation and unauthorised use of his name. The petition subsequently triggered investigations that led to Adeyemi’s arrest.
The police investigation further found that the purported legal document used to establish the PFIPC was fake. Investigators alleged that Adeyemi relied on the document to gain access to government systems and create the appearance that the agency was an authorised government institution.
The probe also identified five government officials allegedly linked to the activities of the fictitious agency.
They are Mrs Rosemary Omaye Achem, Special Assistant, Administration, to the Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, who was allegedly linked to budget creation and insertions for the agency; Ms Patricia Akhigbe, Assistant Director at the Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning, who was also allegedly linked to budget creation and insertions; and Dr Joshua Kadmi Luka, Director, CAD, Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, who was allegedly involved in opening government accounts and assigning a National Chart of Accounts code to the agency.
Others are Dr Mimi Abu, Director at the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, who was allegedly linked to establishment approval and the organisational structure of the fictitious agency; and Mr Harry Ogaba, a staff member seconded from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, who was also named among those who allegedly facilitated the operation.
The investigation reportedly extended beyond the five officials, with 22 other suspects interrogated as investigators sought to establish the full network behind the fake agency.
The latest findings have therefore shifted attention away from Gbajabiamila and towards Adeyemi and the government officials allegedly involved in facilitating the fictitious PFIPC’s access to government structures.
The investigation is expected to determine the extent of each suspect’s involvement and establish how the fake agency was able to penetrate government processes and systems.