Senate Declares Inability to Intervene in PFIPC Budget Scandal

The Nigerian Senate has declared that it cannot intervene in the budget scandal involving the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) due to the matter being sub judice, as it is already before the courts. This statement was made by Senate Committee Chairman for Media and Publicity, Yemi Adaramodu, amid growing public scrutiny over the controversial N1.3 billion allocation to the PFIPC in the 2026 Appropriation Act.

The embattled Director General of the PFIPC, Princ Adeniyi Adeyemi, has been implicated in allegations of fraud and is currently on trial in the Federal High Court in Abuja for charges including conspiracy and forgery. The Senate emphasized that it has no basis to investigate the matter as no formal petition has been submitted.

Adaramodu also noted that the Senate neither created the agency nor originated its budget, dismissing claims linking Senate President Godswill Akpabio to the controversy. The PFIPC's existence has been publicly denied by the presidency, despite the allocation being approved without the agency's acknowledgment.