The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has identified four civil servants allegedly involved in helping the disowned Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council secure government recognition and access to official systems.
As reported by Premium Times, the officials named in the commission’s interim investigation report are Rose Achem, Patricia Akhigbe, Mimi Abu and Aminu Abdullahi. The report followed President Bola Tinubu’s directive for an investigation into the activities of the purported agency and its Director-General, Adeniyi Adeyemi.
According to the ICPC, Adeyemi began seeking official recognition for the organisation in November 2024, submitting documents to the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, including an appointment letter and purported establishment instruments.
Investigators later discovered that one of the persons said to have signed a key document, Akanbi Adewale, did not exist, while forensic analysis allegedly showed that Adeyemi himself signed the document attributed to Adewale.
Despite the discrepancies, the OAGF granted the organisation self-accounting status in May 2025 and assigned it an administrative code, enabling it to secure inclusion in the 2026 federal budget and obtain access to government financial platforms.
The ICPC said Achem, a senior administrative officer to the Director-General of the Budget Office, introduced Akhigbe to Abu as the purported agency’s human resources head, despite Akhigbe being an assistant director in the Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning.
The three officials were subsequently linked to the processing of an authorised establishment and recruitment waiver for the organisation. The commission also alleged that Adeyemi gave Akhigbe N500,000 during Easter 2025 as a “thank you for your support.”
The investigation further implicated Abdullahi, an official involved in office allocation under the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. The ICPC alleged that he facilitated access to offices at the Federal Secretariat and later received N3.25m from Adeyemi in three separate payments between March and November 2025.
The commission said the case exposed weaknesses in government verification procedures, recommending administrative action against Abu, Achem, Akhigbe and Abdullahi.
Adeyemi, who has denied wrongdoing and maintained that his appointment was legitimate, is facing an eight-count charge bordering on forgery, impersonation and related offences.
Source: Premium Times
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