CITIZENS COMPASS— The House of Representatives adhoc committee investigating the “fake” Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) on Wednesday, uncovered 58 bank accounts and 12 agencies and entities linked to its Director General, Adeniyi Adeyemi.
The adhoc committee disclosed this when it released its report.
The report was released by Yusuf Adamu Gagdi, the chairman of the committee.
The reps committee said the preliminary findings arose from its oral testimony, documentary evidence, financial records and submissions of multiple government agencies.
The committee said no valid act of the national assembly or presidential order established the PFIPC.
The committee said “evidence” received from the state house indicated that the presidency did not appoint Adeyemi as the PFIPC DG.
The panel also accused the Budget Office of the Federation of “institutional lapses” in the operations of the PFIPC.
The panel also said it did not find any evidence to show that Femi Gbajabiamila, chief of staff to the president, signed Adeyemi’s appointment letter.
“The Committee therefore preliminarily finds that the purported appointment letter was fabricated and falsely attributed to the Presidency,” the report reads.
“Such conduct, if established through the applicable criminal process, would constitute a grave assault on the integrity of the Office of the President and the official identity of the Federal Government.
“The unlawful creation or deployment of a document calculated to represent that the President or the Chief of Staff had authorised the appointment of a person to head a non-existent federal institution cannot be treated as a mere administrative irregularity.
“It is a matter deserving the most serious investigative and prosecutorial attention.”
The entities linked to Adeyemi and identified by the committee include: Confederation of United Nations Youths; FCT Investment Promotion Agency and Public-Private Partnership; FCT Investment Promotion Council and Public- Public-Private Partnership; Foreign Investment Promotion Agency; United Nations Youth Global Agency; and United Nations Youth Global Foundation.
Others are World United Nations Youth Global Foundation; World Entrepreneurship University Limited; World Enterprise University Limited; FCT Investment Promotion Act; FCT Promotion Agency; and Olubadan of Ibadan Foundation.
The committee said approximately 58 bank accounts were linked to the entities.
The committee is expected to provide further details as it continues its investigation.
