Leaked official documents have shown how the fake Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) secured an office in the federal secretariat.
Exclusive files show that the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) received, acknowledged, and acted on official correspondence from the fake presidential agency months before publicly disowning it.
SGF cleared office space request for fake presidential agency
According to the obtained documents, the SGF’s office formally processed a request from the council’s self-styled Director-General, Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi.
The correspondence sought office accommodation within properties recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The details of the bureaucratic trail include:
November 7, 2024: Adeyemi submitted the initial application for office space.
November 12, 2024: Registry stamps show the SGF’s office officially received the letter.
November 21, 2024: Nnamdi Maurice Mbaeri, the Permanent Secretary of the General Services Office, signed and forwarded the request to the EFCC on behalf of the SGF under reference number SH/DG/PFIPC/RQ/107.
In his pitch to the SGF, Adeyemi framed the PFIPC as a crucial Federal Government investment hub. He described it as a “one-stop shop” designed to coordinate investment activities across ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) to Nigeria.
Criminal prosecution and the hunt for internal collaborators
The surfacing of these documents coincides with the criminal trial of Adeyemi. The Federal Government has arraigned him before a Federal High Court in Abuja on an eight-count charge including conspiracy, forgery, and impersonation.
Investigators allege that between 2024 and 2025, Adeyemi operated a non-existent agency, managed 34 separate bank accounts under fraudulent government names, and even forged a presidential appointment letter, counterfeiting the signature of Femi Gbajabiamila, the Chief of Staff to the President.
The Inspector-General of Police Monitoring Unit revealed that Adeyemi went as far as requesting a Note Verbale from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to secure US visas for his purported staff.
He was arrested on October 27, 2025, at his residence in Suleja, Niger State, where police recovered forged presidential insignia, letterheads, and official seals.
Presidency spokesperson Bayo Onanuga reiterated that the PFIPC is completely fraudulent.
However, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Temitope Ajayi, acknowledged that systemic vulnerabilities allowed the fake presidential agency to last so long. Ajayi confirmed that the DSS, police, and EFCC are actively investigating internal collaborators within the civil service who aided the fraud.
Ghost offices and a deleted government domain
Journalists visiting the Federal Secretariat in Abuja found no physical trace of the PFIPC across the Health and Education complexes. Security personnel and civil servants on-site were entirely unaware of the agency’s existence.
Despite the lack of a physical footprint, digital records reveal that the agency previously managed an official government domain: [https://www.pfipc.gov.ng/](https://www.pfipc.gov.ng/). Open-source intelligence tools show the website remained active up until April 2025 before being taken offline.
Calls mount for independent probe and Gbajabiamila’s sack
The Federal Government has listed Chief of Staff Femi Gbajabiamila and 10 others—including officials from the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation—as witnesses in the prosecution.
However, the opposition and civil society are demanding deeper accountability:
Femi Falana’s Reaction: The prominent human rights lawyer criticised the Presidency’s swift moves to exonerate its top officials. Falana called on the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to launch an independent investigation into how the fake agency reportedly secured a N24 billion budgetary allocation and opened an account with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
ADC and NDC Demands: The African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) have both called for the immediate removal of Gbajabiamila to allow for an unbiased investigation. The opposition parties questioned how a fake presidential agency managed to secure civil service approvals for 314 staff positions and engage with foreign diplomats without high-level internal coverage.
While the SGF’s media team stated they are reviewing the leaked letters before making an official comment, the EFCC has maintained silence on why it processed the initial accommodation request.
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