ICPC Recommends Sanctions For 13 Officials Over Fake Agency (Full List)
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has recommended disciplinary measures against 13 public officials over their alleged roles in the activities of the disputed Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC).
The recommendation was contained in an interim investigation report submitted to President Bola Tinubu on August 6, 2026.
The investigation was ordered by the President after concerns emerged over how the organisation gained access to government offices, financial systems and other privileges despite not having a valid legal basis.
The ICPC also recommended that Adeniyi Adeyemi, who presented himself as the Director-General of the PFIPC, be prosecuted over allegations involving forgery, impersonation, false statements to public officers and criminal misrepresentation.
According to the commission’s findings, Adeyemi was not appointed by the Federal Government and there was no law, executive order or other recognised government instrument establishing the PFIPC as a federal agency.
The 13 officials recommended for administrative action include Mimi Abu, Director of the Organisation Design and Development Department at the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation; Rosemary Achem, Special Adviser on Administration to the Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation; and Patricia Akhigbe, an Assistant Director at the Ministry of Budget and National Planning.
Others named are Aminu Abdullahi, Schedule Officer in the Office Allocation Department of the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation; Bello Abdullahi, Assistant Director, IPSAS and National Chart of Accounts at the Consolidated Account Department of the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation; Sanni Olubunmi, Director of the Inspectorate Department at the OAGF; and Jousha Kadiri Luka, Director of the Consolidated Accounts Department at the OAGF.
The list also includes Muazu Balami, Deputy Director of Risk and Review in the Inspectorate Department of the OAGF; Omameh Florence, Assistant Director in the Inspectorate Department; Akinlose Moses of the Inspectorate Department; Ogaba Harry, Chief Accountant at the OAGF; Esther Orji Okoli, Principal Executive Officer I at the OAGF; and Ogunbade Habeebat Ajibola, Manager of the Compliance and Regulation Department at the National Information Technology Development Agency.
The commission also asked the affected government institutions to carry out reforms aimed at preventing similar incidents.
The investigation found that Adeyemi allegedly relied on documents presented as presidential or official government instruments while seeking recognition for the PFIPC.
Through these documents, the organisation reportedly obtained office space, sought self-accounting status and pursued the opening of accounts with the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Several government agencies processed requests from the organisation without independently confirming whether it had been legally created by the Federal Government.
The ICPC has also called for additional investigation into the roles played by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Finance in the process that allowed the PFIPC and another entity referred to as PEAC/PFIPC to gain an appearance of government recognition.
The commission wants officials and individuals connected to the suspected fake ministries, departments and agencies, forged legislative documents and Unity Bank accounts linked to the organisation to be invited for questioning.
Bank officials connected with the accounts are also expected to be questioned. They include the managing director, chief compliance officer and relationship or account officers responsible for the accounts.
The ICPC further recommended inviting some officials of the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, including Adekunle Ajayi and Lovina Akabueze.
Investigators are also expected to examine bank accounts connected to Adeyemi and trace other funds he claimed to have received as loans.
The investigation followed reports that the PFIPC had moved through different levels of government without its legal status being properly checked. Government institutions reportedly relied on documents and information supplied by individuals connected to the organisation.
In one case, the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation wrote to the CBN on July 29, 2025, requesting the creation of four domiciliary accounts for two purported government agencies, one of which was the PFIPC.
The CBN later confirmed the creation of dollar and pound accounts for the organisation.
Adeyemi also reportedly secured access to office space at the Federal Secretariat in Abuja after approaching government authorities. His request for office accommodation and self-accounting status was reportedly made to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation in November 2024.
The ICPC said the case exposed weaknesses in the way government agencies verify official documents and confirm the legal status of organisations seeking access to public resources.
The commission called for stronger checks to ensure that only properly established government institutions are allowed to use government facilities, access public financial systems or enjoy other administrative privileges.
The Presidency has maintained that the PFIPC was not created under the Tinubu administration and that Adeyemi was never appointed to lead such an organisation.
The investigation also cleared Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, of wrongdoing after he rejected the organisation and described it as fake.
Adeyemi is already facing criminal proceedings. Police charged him alongside two other defendants over eight counts connected to allegations of conspiracy, forgery and impersonation.
He was arrested in July after a Federal High Court in Abuja issued a warrant following his failure to appear for a scheduled arraignment. Adeyemi has denied the allegations and is expected to present his defence before the court.
The investigation has also uncovered another suspected fake government organisation known as the National Brands Development and Made in Nigeria Special Project Office, which allegedly operated from within the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
President Tinubu subsequently ordered the suspension of three permanent secretaries and the arrest of George Buchi Nwabueze, who was identified as the alleged promoter of the organisation.
ICPC Chairman Musa Aliyu said investigators discovered that Nwabueze allegedly used different versions of his name and that some individuals within the OSGF may have worked with him.
Investigators also found allegations that forged legislative documents were used to make the suspected organisations appear genuine and enable them to obtain bank accounts.
The discovery of the second suspected fake agency has widened the investigation and raised further concerns about the systems used by government institutions to verify organisations seeking recognition, access to public facilities and control over government-related financial accounts.
The ICPC said its findings and recommendations had been submitted for consideration and further action in line with relevant laws and public service rules, while additional investigations continue.
