Tinubu, ICPC chair in talks at Aso Rock

President Bola Tinubu met with the chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr Musa Aliyu, at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja on Thursday.

The meeting occurred a day after Tinubu directed a comprehensive forensic investigation into the alleged "Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council" (PFIPC) scandal. This directive came in response to earlier disclosures by the ICPC about at least two fake agencies operating within government institutions.

Aliyu had previously submitted an interim report to the President on August 6, 2026, concerning the PFIPC investigation. The report revealed that the individual parading himself as the promoter of the PFIPC, Adeniyi Adeyemi, was never appointed by the Federal Government. Furthermore, the PFIPC itself was never established by any law, executive order, or valid government instrument, and the appointment letter Adeyemi presented was forged.

The ICPC also disclosed that Adeyemi had created two other fictitious agencies: the FCT Investment Promotion Agency and the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency and Public-Private Partnership. He allegedly used forged documents to open bank accounts and unlawfully occupied the office of the defunct Presidential Economic Advisory Council after its locks were broken.

The ICPC's report recommended Adeyemi's prosecution, administrative sanctions against public officers whose negligence enabled the scandal, and institutional reforms to strengthen internal controls within affected government bodies.