Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, who claims to be the Director-General of the alleged Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), has challenged the Federal Government’s insistence that the council does not exist, asking how a supposedly fictitious agency ended up with a budgetary allocation in the 2026 Appropriation Act.
Adeyemi raised the questions, during an interview with social media commentator VeryDarkMan on Instagram.
He said he was ready to cooperate fully with the investigation ordered by President Bola Tinubu and would hand over all documents in his possession to investigators.
According to him, a thorough examination of the records would reveal how the council became associated with official government processes and secured a place in the national budget.
“When the Presidency, through the Chief of Staff, said the agency does not exist, I wondered how an agency that found its way into the national budget could suddenly be described as fake,” Adeyemi said.
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He also revealed that he was in detention while the 2026 budget was being prepared and therefore could not have participated in the budget process.
“I did not prepare or defend any budget, and nobody went to defend it on my behalf. That is why I am confused about how the agency found its way into the national budget,” Adeyemi added.
The embattled council boss welcomed the decision by President Tinubu to direct the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to investigate the matter, expressing confidence that an independent probe would establish those responsible for the controversy.
When asked about allegations involving the President’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, Adeyemi declined to make direct accusations, insisting that only a transparent investigation could determine the truth.
The Presidency has consistently maintained that the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council was never established by the Federal Government and has no legal basis, presidential approval or valid instrument of creation.
First Daily earlier reported that, President Tinubu has directed the ICPC to investigate alleged forged appointment letters, official documents, bank accounts and diplomatic activities linked to the purported council. The commission has been given 30 days to submit its findings.