Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Atiku Abubakar, has explained why President Bola Ahmed Tinubu bowed to pressure to order the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission to investigate the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, PFIPC, and its embattled director general, Adeniyi Adeyemi. 

In a statement by his spokesperson, Phrank Shaibu on Wednesday, Atiku claimed that Tinubu’s call for a probe happened to be a response to his seven-day ultimatum. 

He, however, said the ICPC cannot investigate a government that it is part of. 

Atiku maintained that Tinubu’s directive has inadvertently exposed glaring contradictions in the presidency’s own narrative and strengthened the case for an independent commission of enquiry.

He stressed Tinubu’s directive amounts to an admission that the police investigation the presidency repeatedly relied upon was either incomplete or incapable of answering the fundamental questions Nigerians have continued to ask.

“Only one week ago, the presidency emphatically told Nigerians that the matter had already been investigated by the police following petitions from the Chief of Staff in October 2025; that the suspect had been arrested; that searches had been conducted; that documentary exhibits had been recovered; that bank accounts had been traced; that statements had been obtained; and that criminal charges had already been filed before the Federal High Court.

“If all of that is true, what exactly is the ICPC expected to spend another thirty days investigating?

“If the police investigation was comprehensive, another investigation is unnecessary. If another investigation has become

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