A civil society organization, CSO, Coalition for Truth and Justice has questioned the existence of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, PFIPC, while dismissing Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi’s claims that he is the Director General of the said agency.
The CSO coalition in a statement on Wednesday, said the controversial agency lacked legal foundation and demanded that the Federal Government immediately shut down the organization before it is used to perpetrate further scams.
Reacting to bribery scandal surrounding the agency, the coalition noted that despite Adeyemi’s persistent claims, the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, had categorically stated that PFIPC does not exist under the current administration and that no such appointment was made.
The coalition, in a statement jointly signed by Chief Henry Abba, Convener, Dr. Emeka Theodore, Secretary, and Abdulhahi Sarki Barki, Programmes Director, said, “Public institutions are not created by press releases, while presidential appointments are not validated by social media claims. Agencies of government are not brought into existence by strident personal insistence.”
The coalition highlighted several critical gaps in the claims, including absence of any record of PFIPC in the Federal Government Gazette, no evidence of formal inauguration or swearing-in of its members, and no verifiable appointment letter for Adeyemi issued through proper channels such as the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
“An illegal structure does not become legal merely because it appears in some official-looking corner. A questionable entity does not become a lawful agency because it wrangled its
