A so-called "ghost agency" with real bank accounts, a 27bn naira take-off grant row, and a mysterious hotel fire, the PFIPC scandal just got messier, and now the NDC wants the President’s Chief of Staff out.

Here’s what’s going down, according to cbinewstv:

Things are heating up in Abuja. The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, has demanded the immediate removal of Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, after explosive allegations linked him to the dodgy Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, or PFIPC for short.

In a statement dated July 3, 2026, NDC’s National Publicity Secretary, Osa Director, said the party was “alarmed by the damning allegations of corruption” involving Gbajabiamila and one Prince Mathew Adeniyi Adeyemi. Adeyemi claims he’s the DG of PFIPC, an agency the Presidency insists doesn’t even exist.

The money trail that shouldn’t exist

NDC alleges the “non-existent agency” was used to siphon public funds, with Gbajabiamila’s “active collusion and facilitation”. Bit awkward, because Adeyemi claims PFIPC actually got budget allocations in 2026 and somehow opened a Domiciliary Account, a Pound Sterling Account, and a Treasury Single Account, all at the Central Bank of Nigeria.

“Deeply troubling,” says the NDC. And fair enough. How does a fake agency open high-level CBN accounts? You need serious paperwork for a domiciliary account. So did the Accountant-General’s office process forged docs? The NDC wants answers, fast.

314 staff for a ghost agency?

It gets wilder. Adeyemi alleges the Head of the Civil Service approved 314 staff positions for PFIPC. The NDC’s question: “Is the Tinubu administration so clueless and incompetent that major decisions bypass its principal officers?”

Then there’s the money talk. Adeyemi claims Gbajabiamila demanded 48% of the agency’s #27,395,510,136 take-off grant. He says he refused, and that’s when the public fallout started. He also admitted he “fraudulently secured his appointment” through the Chief of Staff for #600 million, allegedly paying #400 million to proxies with #200 million still outstanding. That unpaid balance, he says, is why aides now deny PFIPC exists.

Deaths, threats, and assassination attempts

The NDC isn’t just worried about the cash. They flagged the “mysterious death” of Babatunde Tanimola, the go-between for Adeyemi and Gbajabiamila. Tanimola reportedly died in a hotel fire in Utako, Abuja, on October 22, 2025 — just one day after Gbajabiamila’s petition hit the Police.

Adeyemi’s also crying out about “multiple assassination attempts”, including a “brazen attack” along the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway on September 7, 2025. He says “certain forces in government” want him eliminated.

What the NDC wants

The party’s demands are blunt:

Sack Gbajabiamila immediately so there’s a “full, unbiased investigation”

Set up an independent panel to dig into PFIPC, the budget cash, CBN accounts, and staff approvals.

Investigate Tanimola’s death and the attempts on Adeyemi’s life

Get EFCC, ICPC and the Police involved, and protect Adeyemi as a witness

“No more press release deflections,” NDC warned. “Anyone found culpable, no matter how highly placed, must be prosecuted.”

The Presidency fights back

The Presidency isn’t having it. According to Punch, the Federal Government says PFIPC doesn’t exist, full stop. Special Adviser Bayo Onanuga claims investigations show Adeyemi forged a presidential appointment letter supposedly signed by Gbajabiamila, ran a “fictitious government agency”, and opened dozens of bank accounts in the names of agencies that don’t exist.

Gbajabiamila petitioned security agencies back in October 2025, calling it an “elaborate forgery and impersonation scheme”. Criminal charges have since been filed against Adeyemi and two others. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and NIPC had also raised eyebrows about PFIPC earlier.

Adeyemi? He’s standing his ground. He insists his appointment, the agency, and everything he’s done are 100% genuine.

One “ghost” agency, #27bn, 314 staff, and a trail of petitions and police reports. This one’s far from over.

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