The House of Representatives ad hoc committee probing the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) has raised concerns over documents that allegedly listed President Bola Tinubu and several senior government officials as members of the organisation’s governing board.

Committee chairman Yusuf Gagdi disclosed this on Thursday during an investigative hearing. Lawmakers questioned Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Corps Marshal Shehu Mohammed over the issuance of seven official vehicle number plates to the PFIPC despite irregularities in its application documents.

Gagdi said the purported board included Tinubu; Secretary to the Government of the Federation George Akume; Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike; the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation; the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor; the Attorney-General of the Federation; and ministers of finance, aviation, agriculture and food security, interior, budget and national planning, marine and blue economy, police affairs, transport, works and power.

He argued that the FRSC should have questioned a document naming the President and cabinet members as board members. He also faulted the acceptance of a purported mandate that lacked official government security features.

“We are trying to expose the leakages so that agencies can close these gaps going forward. It is not to indict anybody,” Gagdi said. 

He added that the unusual board composition and the nature of the documents should have prompted independent verification with the Presidency and other institutions before approval.

Mohammed defended the FRSC, saying it followed standard procedures. The agency received the PFIPC’s application on April 4, 2025, followed by a reminder on April 11, both signed by Prince Adeyemi Adeniyi. 

Officials checked the organisation’s website on a federal government domain, visited its office at the Federal Secretariat Complex in Abuja, and verified the vehicles’ chassis numbers.

He said the website and office created the impression that the PFIPC was a legitimate federal agency. 

The FRSC was later surprised to learn it was not authorised and has begun retrieving the number plates while strengthening verification processes.

The development follows a recommendation by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to prosecute Adeniyi, who claimed Chief of Staff Femi Gbajabiamila issued his appointment letter. Gbajabiamila denied the claim. 

The ICPC cleared the Presidency and the Central Bank of Nigeria of wrongdoing but identified institutional lapses in several ministries, departments and agencies.

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