By Desire Emmanuel
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Friday, July 3, said following the scandal rocking the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), it has identified at least 10 individuals in government and various institutions that must be investigated over the matter.
The ADC said this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, adding that investigating those it said were behind the scandal is the only way such would be averted in future.
The party however did not name the individuals and the institutions.
President Bola Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, is currently embroiled in the scandal following the discovery that the ‘agency’, headed by Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, is unknown to the government.
However, according to the ADC in the statement, if the administration of Tinubu refuses to act or chooses to bury this scandal instead of exposing the truth, the ADC will make the PFIPC scandal one of the very first accountability priorities of an ADC-led government.
Part of the statement reads: “Based on the Presidency’s own statement, and the documentary evidence already in the public domain, we have identified at least ten government individuals and institutions that must be investigated if we must unravel the mystery behind this major scandal that in saner climes would have ended so many people’s political careers.
“If this administration refuses to act, or chooses to bury this scandal instead of exposing the truth, the ADC will make the PFIPC scandal one of the very first accountability priorities of an ADC-led government.
“Today, we put every public official connected to this affair on notice, no matter how highly placed or politically connected. Every approval, every budgetary allocation, every official correspondence, every financial transaction, and every public officer connected to this scandal will be subjected to the highest level of scrutiny.
“Those found to have abused public office, violated the law, or enriched themselves at the expense of the Nigerian people will be pursued to the full extent of the law. There will be no sacred cows, no untouchables, and no hiding place for corruption.”
