BREAKING: Reps Expose Alleged ₦1.3bn Fake Agency Scam, Declare Self Styled DG's Appointment Letter Forged

The House of Representatives has uncovered what lawmakers describe as a sophisticated forgery network allegedly used to create and operate a non existent federal agency, with investigators revealing that no fewer than 29 official government documents were allegedly forged in an attempt to legitimise the scheme.

At the centre of the unfolding scandal is Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, who allegedly paraded himself as the Director General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), an agency the Presidency has repeatedly insisted does not exist.

During proceedings before the House Ad Hoc Committee investigating the matter, Chairman of the panel, Hon. Yusuf Gagdi, disclosed that the committee had established that Adeyemi's appointment letter was forged, alongside several other documents purportedly issued by key government institutions.

Among the documents said to have been falsified were an appointment letter allegedly signed by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, a purported Act of the National Assembly establishing the agency, and approvals allegedly originating from the Presidency, the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation and the Federal Ministry of Finance.

The committee heard that forensic examinations carried out by investigators found that signatures appearing on the documents did not match authentic government records, strengthening suspicions that the paperwork was deliberately fabricated to give credibility to the agency.

In a startling revelation, the Accountant General of the Federation, Shamseldeen Ogunjimi, informed lawmakers that the alleged syndicate attempted to use the forged documents to gain access to government systems. He disclosed that the suspects sought to secure office space in the Federal Secretariat, recruit staff, open official bank accounts and facilitate a ₦1.3 billion budgetary allocation for the agency in the 2026 Appropriation Act.

Ogunjimi further alleged that an official letter from his office questioning the authenticity of the documents was intercepted before it could expose the operation.

Describing the development as a direct assault on the integrity of government institutions, the committee said the scale of the alleged forgery pointed to a carefully coordinated operation designed to deceive multiple federal agencies.

Consequently, the lawmakers directed the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to produce Adeyemi before the committee within 48 hours to answer questions over the allegations and assist ongoing investigations.

The Presidency had earlier distanced itself from the PFIPC, maintaining that no such agency exists within the Federal Government and describing Adeyemi as an impostor facing allegations of forgery, impersonation and related offences.

Adeyemi has, however, denied the allegations, insisting that his appointment was genuine.

The House committee said investigations are continuing to determine the full extent of the alleged fraud, identify possible collaborators and establish whether any public officials aided the operation of what lawmakers have described as a phantom government agency.