Nigerian president orders probe into fake government agency

ABUJA, July 7– Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday ordered the country’s anti-corruption agency to launch a comprehensive investigation into the activities of the “Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council” (PFIPC), a fictitious body that was recently discovered to have been operating as a federal government agency.

In a statement, Tinubu directed the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to conclude the investigation and submit a comprehensive report within 30 days.

The directive followed the discovery that the so-called PFIPC was never established by the Nigerian federal government and had no basis under any law, presidential instrument, executive approval or other lawful government authorization.