₦600m Appointment Bribery Allegation Rocks Presidency
Fresh controversy has erupted around the Presidency following explosive allegations by Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, who claims he paid ₦600 million to secure an appointment as head of a federal agency allegedly created under President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
According to Adeyemi, he paid ₦400 million upfront and was expected to pay an additional ₦200 million after assuming office. He further alleged that the situation took a dramatic turn when he refused to surrender 48 percent of a proposed ₦24 billion take-off grant earmarked for the agency.
Adeyemi also reportedly claimed that the agency had already been captured in Nigeria’s Appropriation Act, had more than 300 approved staff reportedly cleared by the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, and maintained accounts with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
However, Headlineswave.ng has not independently verified these allegations, and no publicly available documentary evidence has been produced to substantiate the claims.
The allegations have drawn widespread attention because they suggest that official government structures may have been used to facilitate the establishment of the agency.
If true, questions would arise over how the agency allegedly received budgetary allocations, staffing approvals, and banking arrangements.
The Presidency has, however, strongly rejected the claims.
In an official disclaimer, the Office of the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, stated that the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) does not exist under the Tinubu administration.
The Presidency further stated that Prince Adeyemi was never appointed to head any such agency and warned members of the public, foreign governments, financial institutions, diplomatic missions, and development partners against recognising or dealing with the purported council.
While the Presidency denied any link to the alleged agency, it did not publicly provide detailed responses to Adeyemi’s specific allegations regarding the alleged ₦600 million payment or the claimed demand for a share of the proposed ₦24 billion grant.
The conflicting accounts have left several important questions unanswered.
If the agency truly does not exist, how did the claims about budgetary allocations, staff approvals, and CBN accounts arise?
Conversely, if any of those claims can be substantiated with official documents, who authorised the processes?
At the time of filing this report, no independent evidence has been made public to confirm either the alleged payments or the existence of the agency beyond the competing claims of Prince Adeyemi and the Presidency.
The matter is likely to attract greater public scrutiny in the coming days, with many Nigerians calling for documentary evidence to establish the facts.
Headlineswave.ng will continue to monitor developments and update readers as more verifiable information becomes available.
