The Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Shamseldeen Ogunjimi, has told the House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) that a letter from his office, which could have exposed alleged forged documents used by the council, was intercepted by its self-acclaimed Director-General, Adeniyi Adeyemi.
The AGF made the disclosure on Monday while appearing before the committee probing the controversy surrounding the PFIPC, including the ₦1.3 billion allocated to the council in the 2026 Appropriation Act.
According to the AGF, the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF) received a request in November 2024, purportedly from the State House, seeking the creation of an administrative code for the council to facilitate its budgeting, accounting and financial reporting.
He explained that the request was written on State House letterhead and appeared authentic, prompting the treasury to process it and create the requested administrative code.
The OAGF subsequently replied to the State House on November 29, 2024, while forwarding a copy of its response to the Budget Office of the Federation.
However, Ogunjimi told lawmakers that the response never reached the State House because it was allegedly intercepted by Adeyemi.
“The letter that was written to the treasury for us to give an administrative code was responded to.
“Unfortunately, as events unfolded, it was discovered that that letter did not get to the State House. It was hijacked, precisely by the same man who claimed to be the director-general.
“Because if our letter responding to the request of the State House that an administrative code should be issued had gotten to the State House, definitely the State House would have noticed that the letter requesting an administrative code was never issued by the State House,” he said.
The AGF said the interception delayed the discovery that documents submitted by the promoters of the council were allegedly forged.
He disclosed that subsequent investigations revealed that the documents presented to the treasury, including the Act purportedly establishing the PFIPC and the appointment letter of its leadership, were fake.
“What the fake agency did was to submit a fake Act—so we can call it fake now because we have seen it to be fake—purportedly enacted by the National Assembly, a fake letter of appointment; everything that was submitted to the leadership in treasury was fake,” Ogunjimi told the committee.
He noted that treasury officials processed the documents in good faith because they appeared to have originated from the Presidency, giving no immediate cause for suspicion.
The AGF also addressed questions regarding treasury officials who had been working with the PFIPC.
He explained that two staff members from the OAGF had initially been deployed to the Office of the Chief Economic Adviser to the President in 2010 and 2013.
“We never knew. We believed, based on the records available to the Treasury, that those officers were still with the Office of the Chief Economic Adviser to the President.
“It was when all this matter came to light that we got to know that two of our staff were actually working or had been absorbed by the fake agency,” he said.
The investigation is linked to Adeyemi’s claim that he was appointed Director-General of the PFIPC by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila.
However, the Chief of Staff has denied issuing any appointment letter to Adeyemi.
Adeyemi was arrested by operatives of the Police Intelligence Response Team in Osun State on July 14.
Meanwhile, the House of Representatives ad hoc committee has directed the Inspector-General of Police to produce Adeyemi before lawmakers on Wednesday to respond to questions regarding the allegations surrounding the council.
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