The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has rejected the interim report of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on the alleged fake Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), calling it “predictable and inadequate.” In a statement released on Saturday, August 8, 2026, the opposition party accused the Federal Government of prioritizing damage control over a thorough investigation into the scandal. The ADC emphasized that the ICPC’s findings failed to address how a non-existent agency managed to secure federal office space, deploy civil servants, receive official vehicles, obtain armed security, and be allocated N1.3 billion in the 2026 federal budget.
The party argued that these developments could not be dismissed as mere administrative errors or procedural lapses. “What has happened is a national disgrace in the full glare of the entire world,” the ADC stated. It insisted that no serious government should settle for prosecuting only one individual without uncovering the systemic failures that allowed such a fraud to flourish. The ADC questioned why the ICPC focused primarily on the actions of Adeyemi, the alleged mastermind, while ignoring the officials and institutions that may have enabled the fictitious agency to operate under the guise of legitimacy.
The ADC raised specific concerns about how Adeyemi reportedly secured office space within the Federal Secretariat, obtained deployed civil servants, received customised official vehicles, and accessed armed security—all without formal government approval. These anomalies, according to the party, point to significant weaknesses in verification and oversight mechanisms within the federal government. The discovery of two additional fictitious organisations allegedly linked to Adeyemi further deepened the party’s skepticism. “If an investigation into one fake agency leads to two more, then the real question is how this administration operated to allow such systemic criminality,” the ADC said.
The party also challenged the ICPC’s conclusion that a forged appointment letter bearing the signature of the President’s Chief of Staff was the root cause. While acknowledging the forgery, the ADC asked why the deception passed through multiple layers of government without detection. It demanded clarity on who authorised the PFIPC’s accommodation in a federal facility, who processed its transactions with other agencies, and who approved its inclusion in the Appropriation Act. The N1.3 billion budget allocation was highlighted as particularly troubling, given that budgetary processes typically involve rigorous documentation, proposals, approvals, and audit trails.
The ADC noted that the National Assembly had already begun its own investigation into how PFIPC was included in the federal budget. The party warned that prosecuting Adeyemi alone would amount to punishing the person who entered through the window while ignoring those who left the doors unlocked. It called for the immediate release of the full ICPC report and urged accountability for any public official whose negligence or misconduct contributed to the scam’s success. The ADC stressed that Nigerians are not seeking manufactured culprits but demand evidence-based justice. “Anything short of this will remain an exercise designed less to discover the truth than to contain the historic embarrassment,” the party concluded. The outcome of this investigation will test the credibility of Nigeria’s anti-corruption institutions and the transparency of its governance structures.
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