President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered a full-scale investigation into the activities of a fictitious body operating under the guise of the ‘Fake’ Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC).
In a decisive move to clamp down on institutional fraud, the President directed the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to probe the fraudulent syndicate and submit a comprehensive report within 30 days.
The investigation will target a sophisticated network of alleged forgery, impersonation, and financial non-compliance. According to executive directives, the ICPC will focus on several critical areas.
Investigating the provenance and use of forged presidential appointment letters and other cloned official government documents. Probing how the syndicate used false claims of presidential backing to secure official state recognition, diplomatic support and visa facilitation and ncovering multiple bank accounts opened under the names of non-existent government agencies using falsified documentation, including tracking the source and movement of all associated funds.
President Tinubu emphasized that the probe must go beyond the immediate perpetrators. The ICPC has been mandated to investigate the wider circumstances and systemic vulnerabilities that allowed a completely fictitious body to acquire an appearance of official legitimacy.
The commission is ordered to identify and hold accountable any public officer, private individual, financial institution, or intermediary who may have facilitated, enabled or participated in the alleged scheme.
In addition to exposing the actors involved, the anti-graft agency is tasked with identifying structural weaknesses within current government and institutional procedures. The final 30-day report must include immediate, actionable recommendations to fortify government systems and prevent similar abuses of power in the future.
