The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) has directed the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, to produce the agency’s alleged Director-General, Adeniyi Adeyemi, before the panel within 48 hours.
The committee instructed the IGP to ensure Adeyemi appears before lawmakers on July 29, 2026, at 12 noon as its investigation into the controversial agency continues.
The directive came on Monday after the Accountant-General of the Federation, Shamseldeen Ogunjimi, disclosed that his office rejected the PFIPC’s request to open a Treasury Single Account (TSA), citing incomplete due diligence.
Appearing before the committee, Ogunjimi said the request was declined because the agency had not met the established requirements needed to open a TSA account.
The controversy surrounding the PFIPC began after Adeyemi alleged that the President’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, demanded 48% of the agency’s proposed ₦27.3 billion take-off grant.
Adeyemi also claimed that ₦400 million was paid through a proxy to the Chief of Staff and that an additional ₦200 million was requested to facilitate presidential approvals.
Gbajabiamila has denied all the allegations in a sworn statement, insisting he has no personal, official or professional relationship with Adeyemi.
He also denied demanding or receiving money, abusing his office, interfering with law enforcement agencies, or having any involvement in the alleged death of Babatunde Tanimola, whom Adeyemi identified as an intermediary.
The Chief of Staff further dismissed claims linking him to an alleged assassination attempt on Adeyemi and any interference with investigations by security agencies.
Following the allegations, President Bola Tinubu directed the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to investigate the matter.
Earlier this month, Gbajabiamila filed a ₦15 billion defamation suit against Adeyemi at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The suit seeks ₦10 billion in general damages, ₦5 billion in aggravated damages, ₦200 million as the cost of the action, and an order compelling Adeyemi to publish a retraction and apology in five national newspapers and across his social media platforms.
The House committee was constituted to investigate the circumstances surrounding the establishment of the PFIPC and how it was included in the 2026 Appropriation Act, which allocated ₦1.3 billion to the agency.
Committee Chairman Yusuf Gagdi assured Nigerians that the investigation would be thorough and impartial.
The committee has already received testimonies from the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Esther Walson-Jack, the Director-General of the Budget Office, Tanimu Yakubu, and the Accountant-General of the Federation.
Walson-Jack told lawmakers that her office neither allocated office space at the Federal Secretariat nor deployed any civil servants to the PFIPC.
Yakubu also informed the committee that none of the funds appropriated for the agency had been spent because the statutory conditions required for releasing the money were never fulfilled.
“Not one kobo of the personnel provision could lawfully have been drawn, and not one kobo was drawn. The controls held,” Yakubu said.
The committee is expected to continue its hearings after Adeyemi’s scheduled appearance.
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