PFIPC scam: Police, DSS, ICPC cleared me of creating fake agency — Gbajabiamila

The Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila, has disclosed that the Nigeria Police Force, Department of State Services, DSS, and Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, cleared him of wrongdoing over allegations surrounding the purported Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council, PFIPC.

Gbajabiamila disclosed this on Saturday during the 2026 Gbaja Mega Empowerment Programme in Lagos State.

He said the allegations against him had been investigated and that the reports of the investigations were in the public domain.

“At the end of all the investigations, the Nigerian Police, the DSS, the ICPC cleared me of any wrongdoing,” Gbajabiamila said.

Gbajabiamila was linked to the establishment of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council, PFIPC, headed by its Director-General, Adeniyi Adeyemi.

Adeyemi had accused Gbajabiamila of demanding a 48 per cent kickback from a N27.3 billion grant to the PFIPC.

He also claimed that he paid N400 million to Tinubu’s Chief of Staff through a proxy and owed an additional N200 million.

Following the allegations, Adeyemi was arrested, detained and later released.

After Adeyemi’s release, Gbajabiamila dragged him to court over alleged defamation.