The House of Representatives has described the appointment letter presented by Adeniyi Adeyemi, who claimed to be the director-general of the disputed Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), as fake, following further revelations before the committee investigating the council.
The Chairman of the ad hoc committee, Yusuf Gagdi, made the declaration on Wednesday in Abuja during the continued investigation into the alleged operation of the council and the circumstances surrounding its recognition by government agencies.
Mr Gagdi said the committee’s findings, as well as evidence from the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation and the Nigeria Police Force, showed that the appointment letter purportedly signed by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, did not bear the same signature as genuine correspondence from the office.
He also said the Act, allegedly presented to government officials as the legal instrument establishing the council, was not an authentic Act of the National Assembly.
The development comes as the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Didi Walson-Jack, appeared before the committee for the second time to make further clarifications on the role of her office in granting the disputed council an authorised establishment and recruitment waiver.
