Atiku Accuses Tinubu of Complicity in Alleged PFIPC Scandal
The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has alleged that President Bola Tinubu may be an accomplice in the activities of the so‑called Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC).
Atiku argued that Tinubu is either an absentee leader who is unaware of the agency’s existence or, alternatively, is fully aware of its operations.
He said that, although the controversy surrounding the director‑general of the alleged non‑existent PFIPC, Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, has not yet subsided, fresh details from the 2026 Appropriation Act reveal a troubling pattern of budgetary manipulations and the deliberate concealment of dubious projects within obscure agencies.
According to Atiku, on page 2236 of the 2026 Appropriation Act, under the budget for the National Commission for Almajiri and Out‑of‑School Children Education — an agency created to tackle the national emergency of millions of out‑of‑school children — the Tinubu administration allocated billions of naira for road construction projects that fall completely outside the commission’s statutory mandate.
He stated:
The unavoidable conclusion is that the administration’s henchmen have once again resorted to the now familiar tactic of hiding questionable projects in backwater agencies where public scrutiny‑where funds can be more scrutiny is minimal and where funds can be more easily diverted.
This is the height of irresponsibility. It is the height of impunity. Indeed, it is the height of evil.
Unfortunately, this is not the first time such dubious practices have emerged under the APC administration.
The latest revelations, therefore, cannot be dismissed as an isolated incident or a mere administrative error. They fit into an already discernible pattern of budget padding, insertions and diversions that have become a defining feature of governance under this administration.
Atiku’s remarks underscore growing concerns over fiscal transparency and the alleged misuse of public funds under the current administration.
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