PFIPC scandal: Stop running your administration like the Mafia – Lawyer knocks Tinubu
Activist Lawyer Calls for Changes in Tinubu Administration Following Allegations of Corruption
LAGOS — Activist lawyer Maduabuchi Idam has urged President Bola Tinubu to distance his administration from what he describes as “mafia-styled governance.” His call comes amid allegations involving Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, who is accused of collaborating with external interests to establish an unauthorized government agency.
Idam raised concerns over Gbajabiamila’s alleged involvement in a scheme to channel public funds without legislative approval. The allegations further involve Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, who claims to be the Director-General of the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) and the Presidential Economic Advisory Council. Adeyemi faces charges related to conspiracy, forgery, and impersonation.
According to Adeyemi, the PFIPC received unauthorized budget allocations for 2026 and established various accounts with the Central Bank of Nigeria, including a Pounds Sterling Account and a Treasury Single Account. He claims that he obtained his position through a payment of N600 million, of which N400 million was allegedly transferred to Gbajabiamila via intermediaries, leaving an outstanding balance of N200 million.
Idam has called for accountability, suggesting that the leadership of the National Assembly should consider resigning if these allegations prove true. According to his statement, “If these allegations are true, then the leadership of the National Assembly may honourably consider resigning for failing in its constitutional oversight responsibility to scrutinize and approve public expenditures before they are implemented.”
He further stated that a “rubber-stamp legislature” poses a serious threat to Nigeria’s institutional integrity and constitutional democracy. Idam emphasized the importance of public institutions operating strictly within the confines of the law, noting that any deviation undermines public accountability and erodes trust in governance.
He concluded, “Such practices, if established, undermine public accountability, erode confidence in governance, and offend the principles of constitutionalism.”