The African Democratic Congress has rejected President Bola Tinubu’s directive for the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission to investigate the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council scandal, insisting that only an independent judicial panel can conduct a credible probe.
The party made its position known in a statement issued on Wednesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi.
According to the ADC, while it welcomed the President’s decision to order an investigation, assigning the probe to the ICPC, an agency under the Executive, could undermine public confidence in the process.
“We insist, however, that only an independent judicial panel will be able to provide answers beyond all reasonable doubt to the many questions that this historic scandal has thrown up,” the statement read.
PUNCH Online reports that PFIPC sparked nationwide controversy after it appeared as one of the beneficiaries in the 2026 Appropriation Act despite the Presidency insisting that no such agency exists under the Federal Government.
