The State House director of administration, Abdullahi Idris, says letters allegedly originating from the State House regarding the establishment and operations of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) were fake.

Mr Idris disclosed this at a public hearing organised by the House Ad hoc Committee probing the establishment and operations of the PFIPC in Abuja on Thursday.

He said the letters requesting budget codes from the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation and the Budget Office, signed by Akanbi Adewale, Director of Administration and Support Services, were fake.

According to him, no department called ‘Administration and Support Services’ exists in the State House.

Mr Idris, who provided the list of directors of administration in the state since 2003, said no one named Akanbi Adewale ever occupied the office of the Director of Administration in the State House.

The corps marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Shehu Idris, confirmed to the committee that the commission issued seven government number plates to the council.

He said the council provided all necessary documents to process the plates, such as the establishment act, office address, and other supporting documents.

The chairman of the committee, Yusuf Gagdi (APC-Plateau), urged the agencies to be more circumspect. He urged them always to be alert to detect perpetrators of fraudulent actions using the agencies’ names.

Mr Gagdi adjourned the hearing until Thursday, saying that all agencies and individuals mentioned in the saga will be invited to meet face-to-face.

(NAN)