Adeyemi Listed Wike, Akume, Cardoso as PFIPC Board Members, Reps Hear

Adeyemi Listed Wike, Akume, Cardoso as PFIPC Board Members, Reps Hear
Reps questioned FRSC over approval of official vehicle number plates.
FRSC says it has begun retrieving plates issued to the organisation.

The House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) has been told that the organisation submitted documents listing President Bola Tinubu and several top government officials as members of its governing board.

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the revelation emerged during the committee’s investigative hearing on Thursday, where lawmakers questioned the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Shehu Mohammed, over the issuance of seven official vehicle number plates to the PFIPC.

Chairman of the committee, Yusuf Gagdi, said documents presented by the organisation named President Tinubu, Secretary to the Government of the Federation George Akume, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike and Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Olayemi Cardoso as members of the council’s governing board.

The documents also allegedly listed the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, the Attorney General of the Federation and several serving ministers as board members.

Gagdi questioned why the FRSC approved the official number plates despite what he described as obvious irregularities in the documents submitted by the organisation.

According to the lawmaker, the purported mandate presented by the PFIPC lacked key government security features, while the composition of the governing board should have prompted further verification before any approval was granted.

“We are trying to expose the leakages so that agencies can close these gaps going forward. It is not to indict anybody,” Gagdi said.

He argued that the FRSC should have independently verified the authenticity of the documents with the Presidency and other relevant government institutions.

Responding, FRSC Corps Marshal Shehu Mohammed maintained that the agency followed its standard operating procedures in processing the application.

He said the FRSC received the PFIPC’s application on April 4, 2025, and a follow up letter on April 11, both signed by Prince Adeyemi Adeniyi.

Mohammed explained that the application was accompanied by documents outlining the council’s mandate, governing structure and the vehicles requiring official number plates.

He added that FRSC officials also visited the organisation’s website, which carried a Federal Government domain, and inspected its office at the Federal Secretariat Complex in Abuja, leading officials to believe that the PFIPC was a legitimate government agency.

The Corps Marshal disclosed that the FRSC has since commenced the retrieval of all official number plates issued to the PFIPC after it emerged that the organisation was not a legally recognised Federal Government agency.

Adeyemi PFIPC Board Members — Adeyemi Listed Wike, Akume, Cardoso as PFIPC Board Members, Reps Hear

Earlier, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) recommended the prosecution of Prince Adeyemi Adeniyi over allegations that he operated the PFIPC without lawful authority.

The anti graft agency also stated that while it found no wrongdoing on the part of the Presidency or the Central Bank of Nigeria, it identified procedural lapses across several ministries, departments and agencies.