The controversy surrounding the existence of a Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) has intensified, with Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi raising allegations against the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, while the Presidency has maintained that the agency does not exist and described Adeyemi as an impostor facing criminal prosecution.
Addressing journalists, Adeyemi had accused Gbajabiamila of making contradictory statements regarding the existence of the PFIPC and the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC), and called for an independent investigation into the two bodies.
He alleged that the Chief of Staff received ₦400 million through a proxy and demanded an additional ₦200 million to facilitate his appointment.
Adeyemi claimed that the major rationale behind the disagreement between him self and the Chief of Staff is that he allegedly requested 48 per cent of the take-off grant (₦27,395,510,136) from the same agency, which he denies, which I rejected after he collected a total sum of ₦400 million by proxy, with a remaining balance of ₦200 million to secure the said appointment.
He further argued that, if the PFIPC did not exist, as stated in the Presidency’s June 11 disclaimer, the government should explain why references to the PFIPC and the Presidential Economic Advisory Council allegedly appeared on pages 50 and 51 of the 2026 Appropriation Act.
Adeyemi appealed to President Bola Tinubu to establish an independent investigative panel to examine the allegations.
He urged the panel to investigate the disputed agencies, review relevant official documents and budgetary references, examine what he described as assassination attempts against him, question public officials connected to the matter, publish its findings transparently and require the Chief of Staff to step aside while investigations are ongoing. The Presidency, however, firmly rejected Adeyemi’s claims.
It has come to the notice of the Federal Government of Nigeria and specifically the Office of the Chief of Staff to His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, that a certain Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, under the auspices of an alleged organisation styled as the ‘Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council’ is portraying himself to the general public as having been appointed by my office.
The unsuspecting public is hereby advised to note that such an office does not exist under this administration and no appointment has been made in that regard.
The disclaimer stated ,Foreign and Diplomatic Missions, Financial and Multilateral Institutions, Development Organisations, Security Agencies and so on are hereby advised to note the contents of this Notice.
A search of the Budget Office’s published 2026 Appropriation Bill details under the “Summary by MDAs” lists an entity described as “Presidential Economic Advisory Council/Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council” with code 0111062001 and a total allocation of ₦1.303 billion, comprising ₦802.98 million for personnel, ₦200 million for overhead, and ₦300 million for capital expenditure.
