The House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee investigating the alleged inclusion of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) in the Federal Budget Framework has cleared the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, of involvement in the activities of the purported organisation.

The committee, however, said its preliminary investigation uncovered an elaborate scheme involving the fabrication of presidential correspondence, a purported Executive Order, an altered document presented as an Act of the National Assembly and the unauthorised use of the names and identities of senior government officials.

Chairman of the committee, Yusuf Gagdi, disclosed the findings yesterday while presenting the panel’s preliminary report at a briefing in Abuja.

The investigation followed a House resolution of July 8, 2026, directing the committee to investigate the circumstances surrounding the emergence of PFIPC and its alleged inclusion in the Federal Budget Framework.

According to Gagdi, the committee found no valid Act of the National Assembly, gazetted enactment, Presidential Executive Order or other lawful instrument establishing PFIPC.

He said no competent government authority had produced an authentic record showing that the organisation was created, approved or authorised by President Bola Tinubu, the Federal Executive Council (FEC), the National Assembly, the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF) or any other legally empowered institution.

Rather, it discovered that the organisation operated under inconsistent names, including the PFIPC and Presidential Economic Advisory Council.

A major finding of the investigation concerned a document presented as an official communication from the Presidency and carried the signature of Gbajabiamila, purporting to appoint Adeniyi Adeyemi as director-general of the organisation.

The format, language and administrative features of the document, he added, also differed materially from genuine State House correspondence.

Rather than implicating the Chief of Staff, the committee said documentary evidence showed that he acted against the purported organisation when concerns were formally brought to his attention.

The panel consequently commended Gbajabiamila for timely security and administrative interventions.

It also reportedly uncovered a document presented as Presidential Executive Order No. 5 of February 24, 2026, which was allegedly used to provide legal backing for the organisation.

After examining a document presented as an Act of the National Assembly establishing the organisation, the lawmakers found that the document was never passed by both chambers of the National Assembly, was not assented to by the President and was not gazetted as an Act of the Federation.

According to the committee, portions of a document relating to another institution appeared to have been electronically altered, mutilated or substituted to create the impression that parliament enacted legislation establishing PFIPC or the purported Presidential Economic Advisory Council.

Gagdi described the alleged falsification of legislative authority as particularly grave.

About 58 bank accounts were linked through the relevant identifying information, with more than 30 accounts apparently operated in the names of about nine agencies, companies, foundations or related entities, according to preliminary financial information.

The panel is investigating the recruitment, appointment letters, identity cards, salaries and allowances of approximately 39 people paraded or represented as employees of the purported organisation across different cadres.

Part of the accommodation previously allocated to the OSGFaccommodation within the Federal Secretariat Complex was allegedly made available to PFIPC by certain officers without lawful authority.

More significantly, the committee said the organisation allegedly presented President Tinubu as chairman of its purported governing council and published the names, offices and photographs of senior public officials as members.It identified Adeyemi as the principal person associated with the representation and operation of PFIPC and said it was investigating his connection with the wider network of entities.

The committee wants to determine whether any appropriation, warrant, cash backing or financial release was made in favour of the purported organisation and to verify an alleged N400 million transaction.

However, Gagdi stressed that the findings remained preliminary and did not amount to a final determination of criminal guilt.