The House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) has cleared Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, of involvement in the establishment or operations of the organisation.
The committee Chairman, Rep. Yusuf Gagdi (APC-Plateau), disclosed this in the panel’s preliminary report released in Abuja on Wednesday.
Gagdi said the committee found no evidence linking Gbajabiamila to the creation or running of the purported agency, contrary to allegations made by its purported Director-General, Adeniyi Adeyemi.
According to him, the letter allegedly appointing Adeyemi as Director-General was fabricated and falsely attributed to Gbajabiamila, who neither issued nor signed it.
He said the letterhead and reference number used in the document were also inconsistent with official State House correspondence.
The committee further found that Gbajabiamila took steps to expose and investigate the organisation after receiving an alert from the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission over suspected fraudulent activities.
“The Chief of Staff acted within one day of receiving an alert from the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission over suspected fraudulent activities,” Gagdi said.
He added that Gbajabiamila subsequently contacted relevant security and investigative agencies, including the Nigeria Police Force, Department of State Services, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Office of the National Security Adviser.
The committee commended what it described as his timely security and administrative intervention.
Gagdi, however, stressed that the findings were preliminary and did not represent the final report or decision of the House.
The panel also found that the PFIPC was not established by any valid Act of the National Assembly, executive order or other lawful instrument.
According to the chairman, the investigation uncovered alleged fabrication of presidential correspondence, a purported executive order and an altered document presented as an Act of Parliament.
Gagdi identified Adeyemi as the principal person associated with the purported organisation and recommended further investigation into alleged financial transactions linked to it.
Adeyemi had accused Gbajabiamila of masterminding the establishment of the organisation and alleged that the Chief of Staff collected N400 million as a bribe and demanded an additional N200 million.
The committee said the purported agency was captured in the 2026 budget, allocated office space at the Federal Secretariat Complex, maintained accounts with the Central Bank of Nigeria and obtained an official vehicle bearing a government number plate.
It, however, concluded that the organisation allegedly obtained government facilities and other privileges through forged documents and fraudulent means.