By Paul Joseph
Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has called on President Bola Tinubu to suspend his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, over allegations of a N400 million bribery scandal and questions surrounding a N27.4 billion budgetary allocation.
In a statement issued on Tuesday by the Atiku Media Office, Atiku urged the President to demonstrate accountability by ensuring that public officials in his administration are held responsible for allegations levelled against them.
The former vice president was reacting to claims made by Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, Director General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), against Gbajabiamila. He said the Chief of Staff’s reported assertion that the PFIPC does not exist had raised further concerns over the controversy.
Atiku questioned how N27.4 billion could be allocated in the national budget to an agency allegedly described as non-existent.
According to him, the explanation attributed to Gbajabiamila had only intensified doubts about the matter and raised questions over the credibility of the 2026 national budget.
“The Chief of Staff’s claim only created more problems for the government,” Atiku said, arguing that allocating N27.4 billion to an agency allegedly described as non-existent “puts question marks on the credibility of the entire 2026 national budget.”
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