The Presidency has disclosed that the signature of the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, on the controversial appointment letter of Adeniyi Adeyemi, who claims to be the Director-General of the disputed Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), was forged.
The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, made the disclosure, stating that a police forensic analysis confirmed the signature on the appointment letter was not genuine.
“The police have investigated this man. They have done a forensic analysis of the Chief of Staff’s signature. The case has been filed at the Federal Court already,” Onanuga said.
“And I am telling you that before the police filed the case, they had already done their own forensic analysis and found that the signature was forged. They found out that all the documents he was parading were fake.”
Meanwhile, the Nigeria Police Force has released Adeyemi’s father after several hours of questioning over his son’s whereabouts.
A neighbour of the family, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the elderly man was extensively questioned before being allowed to return home.
“Baba has been released. He was questioned about his son’s whereabouts and the police also took a list of the contacts on his phone. We don’t know what they want to use it for,” the neighbour said.
Police officers reportedly visited the family residence on Monday after failing to locate Adeyemi.
The Senate, on Tuesday, said it could not intervene in the controversy surrounding the PFIPC because no formal petition had been submitted to the National Assembly and the matter is already before the court.
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Yemi Adaramodu, acknowledged that the agency received a budgetary allocation in the 2026 Appropriation Act but said the Senate had no basis to investigate the matter without a formal complaint.
“The allegations and counter-allegations over a fake agency and its director-general are all within the executive, which should be sorted out by it, specifically between the office of the Chief of Staff and the alleged fake DG,” Adaramodu said.
“The budget line being referred to was not created or inserted by the National Assembly, and it is not the duty of the Senate or the House of Representatives to carry out security checks on those supposedly appointed to head the various MDAs.”
He added that the Senate would consider the matter through the appropriate legislative channels if a petition was submitted.
Adeyemi is currently standing trial before the Federal High Court in Abuja on an eight-count charge bordering on conspiracy, forgery and impersonation.
The Federal Government has listed Gbajabiamila and 10 others as prosecution witnesses in the case.
The controversy intensified following the discovery of a N1.3 billion allocation to the council in the 2026 Appropriation Act, despite the Presidency’s insistence that the agency does not exist.
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