Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has accused the President Bola Tinubu administration of granting undue access and legitimacy to Adeniyi Adeyemi, the self-proclaimed Director-General of the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC).
In a statement issued on Tuesday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku described Adeyemi’s recent arrest as a diversionary tactic aimed at shifting blame toward the political opposition instead of addressing deeper official complicity in the scandal.
Atiku argued that the matter extends far beyond one individual’s alleged impersonation. He expressed astonishment at how the PFIPC reportedly secured diplomatic recognition, recruited over 300 personnel, and obtained office space within the Federal Secretariat under the watch of the current administration.
“The scandal is not merely that one man allegedly impersonated public authority. The greater scandal is that the Tinubu administration allegedly opened the doors of the Nigerian
