Atiku's aide demands Tinubu's CoS explain N1.3bn PFIPC budget allegation
According to DAILY POST, Atiku Abubakar's media aide Ibe demanded answers Wednesday regarding allegations that Tinubu's Chief of Staff Gbajabiamila collected N400m via proxies to secure appointment for alleged PFIPC DG Adeniyi Matthew. The presidency denied the claims, stating the agency and accuser are unknown to government.
Ibe specifically questioned who smuggled N1.3 billion for the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) into the 2026 Budget, whether Gbajabiamila received the alleged N400m bribe from Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, and if providing office space to PFIPC at the Federal Secretariat makes the presidency complicit in a scam.
These allegations involve massive sums from Nigeria's national budget and directly implicate the President's Chief of Staff - raising serious concerns about budget integrity, procurement transparency, and accountability at the highest levels of government. The presidency's denial that PFIPC exists despite its budget allocation creates a troubling contradiction requiring clarification.
Who actually authorized N1.3bn for PFIPC in the budget, what verification exists for this agency's legitimacy, and what consequences should follow if high-level officials facilitated fraudulent appointments?