The Accountant-General of the Federation, Shamseldeen Ogunjimi, has alleged that Adeniyi Adeyemi intercepted an official letter meant for the State House, preventing the Presidency from discovering that documents submitted by the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) were allegedly forged.
Ogunjimi made the disclosure on Monday while appearing before the House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the controversial ₦1.3 billion allocation to the PFIPC in the 2026 Appropriation Act.
According to him, the Office of the Accountant-General first received a request in November 2024, purportedly from the State House, seeking the creation of an administrative code for the council to enable budgeting, accounting and financial reporting.
Believing the request was genuine, the office approved the request and sent a response to the State House on November 29, 2024, with a copy forwarded to the Budget Office of the Federation.
However, Ogunjimi alleged that the response never reached its intended destination.
“Unfortunately, as events unfolded, it was discovered that the letter did not get to the State House. It was hijacked, precisely by the same man who claimed to be the Director-General,” he said.
He explained that had the letter reached the Presidency, officials would have realised that the original request did not come from the State House.
“If our letter had gotten to the State House, they would have noticed that the letter requesting the administrative code was never issued by them,” Ogunjimi added.
The Accountant-General further alleged that all documents submitted by those behind the council were fake, including the law establishing the agency and the appointment letter presented to his office.
“What the fake agency did was to submit a fake Act, a fake letter of appointment; everything that was submitted to the leadership in Treasury was fake,” he stated.
He said Treasury officials processed the request in good faith because it appeared to have originated from the Presidency.
Ogunjimi also disclosed that two officials who eventually worked with the PFIPC were originally deployed to the Office of the Chief Economic Adviser to the President, and the Treasury was unaware they had been absorbed by the alleged agency.
He added that although the council requested the opening of a Treasury Single Account (TSA) and two domiciliary accounts with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), only the domiciliary accounts were opened for inflows, while the TSA request was rejected. According to him, the accounts never became operational because the council failed to meet the required conditions.
The House committee has directed the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to produce Adeniyi Adeyemi before lawmakers on Wednesday as the investigation continues.
