Fake Agency Scandal: Internal Collaborators Cannot Be Ruled Out – Tinubu’s Aide
Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Public Affairs, Temitope Ajayi, has said it is impossible to rule out the involvement of internal collaborators in the alleged fake government agency scandal currently rocking the Presidency.
The controversy centres on allegations involving the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, and one Prince Mathew Adeniyi Adeyemi, who claims to be the Director-General of the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC).
The scandal has sparked widespread concerns over transparency, accountability and the integrity of President Tinubu’s administration.
Adeyemi had alleged that the PFIPC received budgetary allocations in the 2026 Appropriation Act and successfully opened several accounts with the Central Bank of Nigeria, including a Domiciliary Account, a Pounds Sterling Account and a Treasury Single Account (TSA).
He further claimed that he secured the purported appointment after allegedly paying N600 million, with N400 million reportedly paid through proxies to the Chief of Staff, while the remaining N200 million was said to be outstanding.
Reacting to the allegations, Ajayi said it would be difficult to completely dismiss the possibility of insiders aiding the operation.
“Well, it’s not impossible, because even the audacity to go and operate inside the Federal Secretariat is enough to suggest that something could have happened at some point.
“We don’t know how he was able to obtain a forged letter of appointment purportedly signed by the Chief of Staff to the President.
“We all know appointments into agencies or extra-ministerial positions are made exclusively by the President,” Ajayi said.
Source: Dailypost