PDP Group Calls for Gbajabiamila's Removal and Investigation into Fake Agency

A group in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by former Minister Kabiru Turaki, is asking the federal government to investigate the issue around the supposed non-existence of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC).

In a statement from its National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, the group also wants President Bola Tinubu to suspend government officials involved in the scandal, especially his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila.

Mr Ememobong urged the President to reorganise the Presidency and apologise to Nigerians. He said the situation has brought embarrassment to the country.

"We therefore call on the President, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to immediately order a forensic investigation of this scandal by a reputable firm of international standing, announce the suspension of all key officials connected to the matter, order a comprehensive reorganisation of the Presidency, and issue an unreserved apology to Nigerians for this deeply embarrassing situation," he said.

The issue has caused a lot of criticism after Adeniyi Adeyemi was declared wanted for allegedly posing as the Director-General of an agency that the Presidency claims does not exist.

The Presidency accused Mr Adeyemi of forging government appointment letters and other documents to falsely present himself as Director-General of the PFIPC and the Presidential Executive Advisory Council (PEAC), which they said are not real.

In a statement last Wednesday, presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga said the police have charged Mr Adeyemi and two others in the Federal High Court on eight counts. He said the case, filed on 27 November 2025, is set for hearing on 27 July.

Mr Onanuga explained that concerns about the fake agency started when officials of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) complained that another body seemed to be doing their job.

He said Mr Gbajabiamila asked the State Security Service (SSS, also known as DSS) and the Nigeria Police Force on 17 October 2025 to investigate Mr Adeyemi and his associates.

In his petition, the Chief of Staff said appointment letters supposedly issued from his office had fake signatures, seals, and reference numbers. These were used to claim jobs in non-existent government agencies.

But Mr Adeyemi, who is hiding now, told PREMIUM TIMES earlier on Thursday that he did not forge any letters. He said the government’s claims are just a way to silence him. He also insisted that the agency was set up in 2024 and claimed his life is in danger.

Mr Ememobong said if an independent investigation shows that Mr Adeyemi acted alone, it would reveal serious weaknesses in the system that allowed an impostor to operate without checks.

He added that if Mr Adeyemi's claims about senior government officials helping him are true, it would show deep corruption in the Presidency.

"The two possible outcomes of this scandal are very damning. If the Presidency’s account is correct, that Prince Matthew (Adeyemi) is an impostor, then it means the federal government is so porous and vulnerable, an admission that the country has been brazenly defrauded because institutional gatekeepers entrusted with protecting our collective patrimony are either grossly incompetent or thoroughly distracted from the responsibilities of governance.

"If, on the other hand, Prince Matthew’s account is accurate, that the Chief of Staff solicited and actually received bribes to facilitate his appointment, then this is yet another act of shameless corruption added to a long and growing queue of unchallenged corrupt officials in this administration. Anyway, this pendulum swings, the Nigerian people lose," he said.

The PDP group insists that officials involved in the matter should be suspended for an independent investigation and to stop any interference with the process.

"Any responsible government confronted with this scale of institutional breakdown would immediately commission an independent forensic investigation, suspend the key officials implicated, implement systemic reforms to prevent a recurrence, issue an unreserved public apology, and consider the resignation of those found culpable.

"Instead, the APC-led Federal Government appears to be pursuing a covert internal review, dismissing legitimate public concerns by talking down to the citizens, and hoping that the passage of time will erase the anomaly from public memory," the statement said.