…urges Tinubu to direct Gbajabiamila to proceed on leave

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has rejected President Bola Tinubu’s decision directing the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to investigate the alleged Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) scandal, insisting that only an independent judicial panel can conduct a credible probe.

In a statement on Wednesday signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, the opposition party argued that an agency under the executive arm of government could not impartially investigate a scandal in which the Presidency itself was a central subject.

The ADC said while it welcomed the President’s decision to order an investigation, it viewed the move as an acknowledgement of its earlier call for a probe into the controversy.

“The President has now accepted the central argument advanced by the ADC, that this matter requires an investigation and should not simply be explained away,”

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