The House of Representatives ad hoc committee is set to begin its own investigation into corruption allegations involving the Director General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, Adeniyi Adeyemi, even as the matter remains under separate investigation by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission and the police.

The committee, formed last Wednesday and chaired by Yusuf Gagdi, who also heads the House Committee on Navy, has been tasked with determining how the disputed agency was included in the federal budget and whether government processes were compromised in the process.

According to information gathered, the committee, to be formally inaugurated by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, will hold its first sitting and public hearing today at 2 p.m. in the House of Representatives complex in Abuja. A source said invitations have already gone out to relevant ministries, departments, agencies and civil society groups to submit memoranda and attend the hearing, and that the committee intends to give the matter appropriate institutional weight to demonstrate the House’s commitment to transparency and due process.

It remains unclear whether Adeyemi, who is still in police custody, will appear before the committee to respond to the allegations.

President Bola Tinubu had earlier directed the anti-graft commission to investigate the corruption allegations and ordered that a full report be submitted to him within 30 days. Adeyemi was subsequently arrested by police in Osun State after a Federal High Court judge ordered his arrest for failing to appear for arraignment on charges of conspiracy, forgery and impersonation.

Separately, a 15 billion naira defamation suit has been filed against Adeyemi, accusing him of falsely demanding a 48 percent kickback from a 27.3 billion naira takeoff grant approved for the disputed agency.