The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Esther Walson-Jack, has disclosed that the office occupied by the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) at the Federal Secretariat in Abuja was officially allocated to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF).

Walson-Jack made the revelation on Monday while appearing before the House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the controversy surrounding the alleged agency and the ₦1.3 billion reportedly allocated to it in the 2026 Appropriation Act.

The committee is probing the circumstances surrounding the emergence of the PFIPC and the budgetary allocation linked to the council.

The controversy gained national attention on June 11, 2026, when President Bola Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, disowned Prince Adeyemi Adeniyi, who had presented himself as the Director-General of the PFIPC.

Gbajabiamila maintained that the council was non-existent, revealing that he had petitioned security agencies in October 2025 after forged appointment letters surfaced in connection with the alleged agency.

According to him, Adeniyi was subsequently arraigned before the Federal High Court on charges bordering on forgery, impersonation and obtaining by false pretence.

Adeniyi, however, has denied all allegations against him, insisting that he is innocent and expressing confidence that he will clear his name in court.

Amid growing public concern, President Bola Tinubu ordered an independent investigation into the matter. Adeniyi was later arrested, interrogated by security operatives and subsequently released as investigations into the PFIPC scandal continue.