The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC) has recommended administrative sanctions against 13 public servants allegedly associated with the activities of the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC).
The recommendation, it was learnt, was part of the commission’s interim investigation report on the organization which the ICPC said operated without any valid legal instrument establishing it as a Federal Government agency.
The report, which was submitted to President Bola Tinubu on August 6 and obtained by Premium Times, also recommended prosecuting the alleged Director-General of the PFIPC, Adeniyi Adeyemi, for allegations bordering on forgery, impersonation, false statements, and criminal misrepresentation.
The findings demonstrated how the purported agency allegedly gained access to government offices, financial institutions and administrative processes without having a recognized legal basis.
Those recommended for administrative action include Mimi Abu, Director, Organization Design and Development Department, Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation; Rosemary Achem, Special Adviser on Administration to the Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation; and Patricia Akhigbe, Assistant Director, Ministry of Budget and National Planning.
Others are Aminu Abdullahi, Schedule Officer, Office Allocation Department, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation; Bello Abdullahi, Assistant Director, IPSAS, National Chart of Accounts, Consolidated Account Department, Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation; Sanni Olubunmi, Director, Inspectorate Department, OAGF; and Jousha Kadiri Luka, Director, Consolidated Accounts Department, OAGF.
Others are Muazu Balami, Deputy Director, Risk and Review, Inspectorate Department, OAGF, Omameh Florence, Assistant Director, Inspectorate Department, OAGF, Akinlose Moses, Inspectorate Department, OAGF, Ogaba Harry, Chief Accountant, OAGF, Esther Orji Okoli, Principal Executive Officer I, OAGF and Ogunbade Habeebat Ajibola, Manager, Compliance and Regulation Department, National Information Technology Development Agency.
The commission also called on the impacted institutions to undertake reforms identified during the investigation.
The ICPC alleged that Adeyemi relied on documents purportedly issued by the President or the government to obtain official recognition for the PFIPC.
The documents were said to have been used to make attempts to obtain office accommodation, secure self-accounting status and facilitate the opening of accounts with the Central Bank of Nigeria.
The organization reportedly had its requests processed by several government institutions, who believed it was a legitimate government body.
The commission said Adeyemi was never appointed by the Federal Government and no law, executive order or other valid instrument established the PFIPC.
It therefore recommended that he be prosecuted for forgery, impersonation, making false statements to public officers and criminal misrepresentation.
Adeyemi has already been charged with two other defendants in an eight-count case of conspiracy, forgery and impersonation.
He was arrested in July after a Federal High Court in Abuja issued a warrant for his arrest when he failed to appear for his trial. He has denied any illegal activity.
The investigation also showed how deeply the alleged organization is said to have infiltrated the administrative and financial structures of the Federal Government.
According to Premium Times, the OSGF, OAGF and CBN had said they acted on requests originating from the organization.
In one instance, the OAGF wrote to the CBN on July 29, 2025, requesting the opening of four domiciliary accounts for two purported MDAs, one of which was the PFIPC.
The CBN later confirmed the opening of dollar and pound accounts for the organization.
The alleged agency also obtained office accommodation at the Federal Secretariat in Abuja after approaching the OSGF in November 2024 for office space and self-accounting status.
The ICPC said that there was no legal framework for the PFIPC that would justify its existence as an institution of the Federal Government.
Apart from the recommended administrative sanctions, the ICPC called for a further investigation into the roles of officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Finance in the process through which the PFIPC allegedly acquired government recognition.
The panel also recommended inviting officials and persons associated with other suspected fake MDAs, forged legislative Acts and Unity Bank accounts for questioning.
Those to be questioned include the managing director, chief compliance officer and relationship or account officers linked to Unity Bank accounts purportedly connected to the organization.
Two OAGF officials, Adekunle Ajayi and Lovina Akabueze, were also listed for further interrogation. And the ICPC also recommended a probe of all bank accounts associated with Adeyemi and other sources of funds he was alleged to have secured as loans.
The commission said the investigation showed weaknesses in the procedures that government institutions use to authenticate official documents and to establish the legal status of entities that seek access to public resources.
Officials who dealt with the PFIPC largely relied on documents provided by the organization, rather than independently confirming whether it had been legally established, the findings show.
The commission therefore recommended stronger verification mechanisms and better coordination among government agencies.
It said only entities with valid legal instruments should be allowed to access government offices, financial facilities, public resources or other administrative privileges.
The Presidency has consistently denied any link between the Federal Government and the alleged agency.
President Tinubu had previously ordered an investigation of the PFIPC following concerns regarding its activities.
The President’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, had called the organization fake, denying Adeyemi was appointed to head any such agency.
Gbajabiamila was also cleared of wrongdoing in the ICPC investigation. The PFIPC probe has also widened the scope of investigation into alleged unregistered government entities.
The ICPC has also discovered another suspected fake body, the National Brands Development and Made in Nigeria Special Project Office, operating from the OSGF during the investigation.
President Tinubu then suspended three permanent secretaries and ordered the arrest of the alleged promoter of the office, George Buchi Nwabueze.
ICPC Chairman, Musa Aliyu, said investigators discovered that Nwabueze operated with several permutations of his name and some officials within the OSGF were suspected to be working with him.
The commission also alleged that forged legislative instruments were used to create the appearance of government legitimacy for the entities and to facilitate the opening of bank accounts.