Adeniyi Adeyemi, the self-acclaimed Director-General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotional Council (PFIPC) has written to President Bola Tinubu over the ongoing scandal surrounding his agency.
Adeniyi whose agency was declared fake and non-existent by the presidency following his bribery allegation against Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, wrote an open letter to the president, demanding an independent, multi-stakeholder investigation into the scandal and the controversial N1.3billion allocation inserted into the 2026 Appropriation Bill.
While commending the president over his directive to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to probe the circumstances surrounding the scandal, the self-acclaimed council boss however demanded extension of the investigation to other independent bodies for the sake of transparency.
“I commend your recent directive tasking the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) with investigating the circumstances surrounding the PFIPC Scandal and ₦1.3 billion allocation inserted into the 2026 Appropriation Bill.
“This directive is a vital first step, but the structural realities of this investigation compel me to speak out of a profound desire for absolute transparency.” He said.
Adeniyi argued that an impartial investigation would be difficult under the current arrangement
“The public narrative emanating from official channels remains heavily weighted toward my immediate arrest, effectively overshadowing the gravity of the systemic vulnerabilities and high-level involvement I have brought to light.
“True accountability cannot be achieved when the agency conducting the investigation answers directly to the branch of government within which the core allegations lie,” he wrote.
The accused also expressed fear of surrendering himself under the existing circumstances which, according to him, would endanger his life.
“Furthermore, I must state clearly that walking freely into custody under the current arrangement poses an immediate, existential threat to my life. I have received verified, highly reliable intelligence indicating that I am targeted for elimination the moment I surface in an unmonitored environment,” he stated.
Adeniyi cited the reported death of Mr. Dolapo Babatunde Tanimola, whom he described as a central intermediary in this matter.
He expressed concern over the absence of independent eyewitness and media verification of the circumstances that surrounded Tanimola’s death as well as the demolition of the hotel which he claimed to have erased vital possible evidence needed to investigation the death of the man.
“Official reports claim Mr. Tanimola tragically died in a sudden fire incident at Kachi Hotel in Utako, Abuja. Yet, there remains a total absence of independent eyewitness or media verification of any such inferno.
“Under highly unclear circumstances and without the official involvement of any federal capital regulatory agency, the entire Kachi Hotel structure was swiftly invaded by unidentified armed actors and manually demolished down to the rubble days later — effectively erasing a vital physical crime scene and erasing material evidence.”
“This calculated destruction of a key locus of this investigation, alongside multiple direct attempts on my life and the safety of my family,” he said.
Adeniyi urged President Tinubu to establish what he described as an “independent, multi-stakeholder investigative panel” to oversee the inquiry.
According to him, the panel should include civil society organisations such as Amnesty International and the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), independent media representatives, international financial observers from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and human rights observers.
Others include diplomatic representatives from the United Nations, the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, ECOWAS and the African Union, while the ICPC and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) should serve as technical partners.
He expressed readiness to make himself available was the independent and multistakeholder panel is established.
“The moment this independent, multi-stakeholder panel is constituted, I will immediately step forward to present comprehensive documentation and verifiable evidences.