Due Process Not Followed In PFIPC Recognition –  HoSF Walson-Jack

By Ayodele Oni

IGP Says Substituting Court Order Stops Appearance Of DG

Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, ( (HoSF), Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack, has admitted responsibility for the lapses on the issue of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, ( PFIPC)

Walson-Jack made the admission while appearing before the House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the alleged operation of the purported council.

She agreed that due diligence was not thoroughly carried out in the process that led to the recognition of the Council.

Walson-Jack, however, maintained that her office relied on documents which appeared authentic without subjecting them to sufficient verification.

She told lawmakers that her office had no reason to doubt the documents at the time because they bore the State House logo and what appeared to be a familiar signature.

However, the HoSF said subsequent comparisons with genuine State House correspondence, backed by police forensic findings, confirmed that the signatures were different.

She, however, assured the committee that her office would review its internal verification procedures to make them more robust and fraud-proof.

Meanwhile, the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, has told the Committee that the self-acclaimed Director-General of the purported council, Mr. Adeniyi Adeyemi, could not appear before the lawmakers due to a subsisting court order.

Disu, who was represented by Deputy Commissioner of Police Olufemi Akinola, said Adeyemi could only appear upon an order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

Following the submission, the committee adjourned further sitting on the matter until next week.