How Adeyemi’s PFIPC Submitted Fake Act, Fake Appointment Letter, Everything Was Forged’ — Nigeria’s Accountant-General Alleges Documents Were Hijacked

 

 

‘How Adeyemi’s PFIPC Submitted Fake Act, Fake Appointment Letter, Everything Was Forged’ — Nigeria’s Accountant-General Alleges Documents Were Hijacked

Ogunjimi made the disclosure on Monday while appearing before the House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee investigating the PFIPC controversy and the N1.3 billion appropriated to the council in the 2026 Appropriation Act.

 

The Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Shamseldeen Ogunjimi, has revealed that Adeniyi Adeyemi, the man accused of operating the controversial Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), allegedly intercepted an official letter from the Office of the Accountant-General that could have exposed the alleged forgery of documents used to secure recognition for the council.

Ogunjimi made the disclosure on Monday while appearing before the House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee investigating the PFIPC controversy and the N1.3 billion appropriated to the council in the 2026 Appropriation Act.

The controversy has drawn national attention because Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, has been linked to the matter after Adeyemi claimed that Gbajabiamila signed his appointment letter as Director-General of the council.

The Chief of Staff has, however, categorically denied issuing any such appointment letter.

Adeyemi was arrested on July 14 by operatives of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) in Osun State over allegations surrounding the establishment and operations of the council.

Testifying before lawmakers, Ogunjimi traced the Office of the Accountant-General’s first interaction with the PFIPC to November 2024, when his office received what appeared to be a legitimate request from the State House seeking the creation of an administrative code for the council.

According to him, the request, which was written on official State House letterhead, sought the issuance of an administrative code to enable budgeting, accounting and financial reporting for the council.

Believing the request originated from the Presidency, the Office of the Accountant-General processed it in line with established procedures.

Ogunjimi said the Treasury subsequently created the administrative code and formally responded to the State House on November 29, 2024, while copying the Budget Office of the Federation.

However, he disclosed that the official response never reached the State House because it was allegedly intercepted by Adeyemi.

“The letter that was written to the Treasury for us to give an administrative code was responded to,” Ogunjimi told the committee.

“Unfortunately, as events unfolded, it was discovered that that letter did not get to State House. It was hijacked, precisely by the same man who claimed to be the director-general.”

According to the Accountant-General, had the official response reached the Presidency, State House officials would immediately have discovered that they never initiated the original request for the administrative code.

“Because if our letter responding to the request of the State House that administrative code should be issued had gotten to State House, definitely the State House would have noticed that the letter requesting for administrative code was never issued by the State House,” he said.

Ogunjimi further told lawmakers that investigations later revealed that all the documents presented to the Treasury by the promoters of the council were allegedly forged.

According to him, the council submitted what purported to be an Act of the National Assembly establishing the agency, alongside other official documents, all of which have now been discovered to be fake.

“What the fake agency did was to submit a fake Act — so we can call it fake now because we have seen it to be fake — purportedly enacted by the National Assembly, a fake letter of appointment; everything that was submitted to the leadership in Treasury was fake,” Ogunjimi said.

He explained that Treasury officials processed the request because every document suggested that it originated from the Presidency.

“And so, probably they (OAGF) did not realise that it was fake, and because it was coming from State House, the approval was given for the administrative code to be issued,” he added.

The Accountant-General also addressed questions surrounding two government officials who eventually worked with the controversial council.

He explained that the officers had originally been deployed to the Office of the Chief Economic Adviser to the President in 2010 and 2013, and Treasury records continued to reflect that posting.

According to Ogunjimi, the Treasury only discovered during the ongoing investigation that both officials had been working for or had been absorbed into the PFIPC.

“We never knew. We believed, based on the records available to Treasury, that those officers were still with the Office of the Chief Economic Adviser to the President,” he said.

“It was when all this matter came to light that we got to know that two of our staff were actually working or had been absorbed by the fake agency.”

Ogunjimi further disclosed that the council applied to open a Treasury Single Account (TSA) as well as two domiciliary accounts in United States dollars and British pounds with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

According to him, the council claimed the accounts were needed to process foreign investment transactions and prepare for a proposed world investment summit.

He, however, said while the domiciliary accounts were approved strictly for inflows, the request for a Treasury Single Account was rejected.

The Accountant-General added that none of the accounts eventually became operational because the council failed to satisfy additional requirements necessary for activation.

Following the revelations, the House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee directed the Inspector-General of Police, through Tunji Disu, to produce Adeniyi Adeyemi before lawmakers on Wednesday to answer questions over the alleged forgery, fake appointment letter, fake Act of the National Assembly and other issues surrounding the controversial council.

The committee is continuing its investigation into the PFIPC controversy, including how the council secured a N1.3 billion allocation in the 2026 Appropriation Act despite mounting allegations that its establishment and supporting documents were fraudulent.