Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has called for a forensic investigation into the death of Dolapo Babatunde Tanimola, whom he described as the principal intermediary in the alleged appointment and bribery scandal involving the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC).

Frank said the circumstances surrounding Tanimola’s death should be thoroughly investigated in the interest of accountability, insisting that his family and Nigerians deserve to know what led to his demise.
According to him, Tanimola’s testimony could have helped unravel issues surrounding the controversy currently rocking President Bola Tinubu’s administration.

The Presidency, in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, had dismissed allegations linking the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, to the activities of the PFIPC and its alleged Director-General, Adeniyi Adeyemi.
The statement also said police confirmed that Tanimola died in a hotel in Abuja five days before Adeyemi was arrested.

Reacting in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja, Frank maintained that the circumstances surrounding Tanimola’s death must be fully investigated because he was allegedly identified as an intermediary between Adeyemi and senior government officials in the alleged appointment and bribery scandal.
He also urged the international community, including the United States, the European Union and other technologically advanced countries, to support efforts to uncover the truth behind the allegations.

Frank argued that it would have been difficult for an individual to operate an organisation with official recognition, maintain offices within the Federal Secretariat, secure budgetary allocations and participate in official engagements without support from influential government officials.
According to him, it is inconceivable that such an organisation could have operated, opened accounts, recruited staff and functioned from government premises without the knowledge of the Presidency.

“By now, we expected the Office of the Chief of Staff, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, the Central Bank, the Budget Office, the National Assembly and the relevant security agencies to be answering uncomfortable questions,” he said.
Frank further alleged that, despite claims that the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) had no legal status, information in the public domain suggested that its purported Director-General enjoyed official privileges, including police escorts, official vehicles and official accommodation.

He also referred to media reports alleging that the Federal Government approved the recruitment of 300 personnel for the PFIPC in August 2025.
According to him, the reports claimed that the approval was conveyed in a letter dated August 7, 2025, by Mimi Abu, Director of Organisation Design and Development in the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation.
Describing the controversy as a “monumental corruption scandal,” Frank called on Nigerians, civil society organisations and other stakeholders to demand accountability.

He alleged that the developments reflected institutional failures within the current administration and criticised the National Assembly for what he described as inadequate oversight.
Frank, who is the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) Ambassador to East Africa and the Middle East, also alleged that the unfolding events demonstrated poor governance and urged Nigerians to hold public officials accountable.