The House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee investigating the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) has found no evidence linking Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila, to the establishment or activities of the organisation.
Instead, the committee said its preliminary findings showed that Gbajabiamila acted to alert relevant security and investigative agencies and commenced administrative verification after concerns about the purported agency were brought to his attention. 
The committee chairman, Yusuf Gagdi, disclosed this while presenting the panel’s preliminary findings at a press briefing on its investigation into the alleged inclusion of PFIPC in the Federal Government’s budget framework.
According to the panel, the matter was first brought to Gbajabiamila’s attention following an alert from the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) over suspected fraudulent activities and alleged misuse of government materials.
The committee said the Chief of Staff responded within a day by communicating with relevant security and investigative bodies, including the Nigeria Police Force, the Office of the National Security Adviser, the Department of State Services and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
It added that Gbajabiamila also initiated administrative checks through relevant government institutions to establish the status of the purported organisation.
The panel said further concerns, including those surrounding a proposed world investment summit, prompted additional communications from the Chief of Staff seeking investigation and appropriate action.
“The documentary evidence presently before the Committee does not establish that the Chief of Staff authorised, approved, established or participated in the activities of the purported organisation,” the committee said.
“On the contrary, the evidence demonstrates repeated steps to secure investigation, institutional verification and appropriate administrative action.”
Based on the evidence before it, the committee said it “preliminarily commends” Gbajabiamila for the security and administrative interventions he undertook whenever the matter was formally brought to his attention.
Alleged Fake Appointment Letter
The committee also raised questions over a letter purportedly appointing Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi as Director-General of the PFIPC.
The document was allegedly presented as an official presidential appointment and purportedly carried the authority and signature of Gbajabiamila.
However, the panel said evidence obtained from the State House indicated that no such appointment was made or approved by the Presidency.
It said Gbajabiamila neither issued nor signed the letter.
The committee further said the letterhead used in the document was not an authentic State House letterhead and that the purported reference number did not correspond with the official referencing system.
According to the panel, the format, language and other administrative features of the document also differed materially from established State House correspondence.
The committee therefore made a preliminary finding that the purported appointment letter was fabricated and falsely attributed to the Presidency.
‘Executive Order, National Assembly Act Were Not Genuine’
The panel also said documents presented as a Presidential Executive Order and an Act of the National Assembly establishing the organisation were not authentic.
It said the purported Executive Order No. 5, dated February 24, 2026, was neither issued nor approved through the lawful processes of the Presidency.
Similarly, the committee said the document presented as an Act of the National Assembly was never passed by both chambers, was not assented to by the President and was not gazetted as an Act of the Federation.
It further alleged that portions of an instrument belonging to another institution appeared to have been electronically alter
