The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has rejected the interim report of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on the alleged fake Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), describing it as predictable and inadequate.
The party accused the Federal Government of focusing more on damage control and the exoneration of public officials than on uncovering how the alleged fictitious agency operated within government structures.
In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC said the ICPC report failed to provide satisfactory answers to several questions surrounding the alleged fake agency.
The party questioned how an organisation that was allegedly not established by law or any valid executive instrument could secure office space within the Federal Secretariat, have civil servants deployed to it, receive official vehicles and security personnel, and reportedly feature in the 2026 Appropriation Act with a N1.3 billion provision.
According to the ADC, these developments could not have been achieved solely through the actions of an individual without some level of institutional failure, negligence or complicity.
Abdullahi said the ICPC’s suggestion that weaknesses in government processes were exploited did not adequately explain the extent to which the alleged fake agency was integrated into official structures.
“What Nigerians expected was an investigation into how a ‘fictitious agency’ managed to obtain all authorisations and institutional support required to operate as a legitimate government agency,” the statement said.
The party also questioned why the ICPC’s interim findings appeared to focus primarily on Adeniyi Adeyemi, the alleged principal suspect, despite the commission reportedly discovering two additional fictitious organisations linked to him.
The ADC argued that the discovery should lead to a broader investigation into possible systemic weaknesses and the role of other individuals within government institutions.
The party also raised questions over an alleged forged appointment letter bearing the signature of the President’s Chief of Staff.
While acknowledging that establishing the document was forged could explain how the alleged deception began, the ADC said it did not explain how the document allegedly passed through multiple government processes.
“Who verified the existence of PFIPC before civil servants were deployed to it? Who authorised its accommodation within a federal facility? Who processed its interactions with other government institutions?” the party asked.
The ADC maintained that answering those questions was essential to determining whether the alleged fraud was the work of a lone individual or involved wider institutional complicity.
The party called for the investigation to be expanded to cover all public officials, agencies and processes that may have facilitated the operation of the alleged fake organisation.
It warned that limiting the investigation to the alleged principal suspect could prevent Nigerians from understanding how such an elaborate scheme was able to operate within government structures.
