Tinubu Orders Arrest Of Fake Agency Promoter, Suspends 3 Perm Secs Over OSGF Scandal

*President Bola Tinubu* has ordered the immediate arrest of *Prince George Buchi Nwabueze* and the suspension of three permanent secretaries over the discovery of another fake agency operating within the *Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF)*.

The affected permanent secretaries are *M.S. Danjuma, Nadungu Gagare, and Richard P. Pheelangwah*.

Chairman of the *Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC)*, *Dr. Musa Aliyu, SAN*, disclosed this to State House correspondents on Friday after briefing the President for the second time in two days.

Aliyu said the newly uncovered fake office, operating under the name *“National Brands Development and Made-in-Nigeria Special Project Office,”* had been illegally allocated office space within the OSGF premises, contrary to extant laws and without presidential authorisation.

“Upon further briefing by ICPC to Mr President on the ongoing investigations into the fake Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council and procedural weaknesses in the public service, the Commission has uncovered another fake agency and office operating under the name National Brands Development and Made-in-Nigeria Special Project Office,” Aliyu said.

He said the promoter was identified as *Prince George Buchi Nwabueze*, who was found to be operating under multiple aliases.

“The promoter was discovered to also operate under four other variations of his name: George Nathan, George Nathan Nwabueze, Honourable George Buchi Nwabueze, Prince George Buchi Nwabueze and George Nwabueze,” he said.

Aliyu added that the ICPC had engaged the OSGF to ascertain vital information relating to the fake office and had comprehensively briefed the President on the new developments.

“I have briefed Mr President comprehensively on these new developments. ICPC will continue with its investigations accordingly,” he said.

Following the discovery, Aliyu said the President directed:

1. *The immediate arrest of Prince George Buchi Nwabueze*

2. *The immediate suspension of the three permanent secretaries*: M.S. Danjuma, Nadungu Gagare, and Richard P. Pheelangwah

Friday’s development is the latest in a scandal that began with the exposure of the fictitious *Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIFC)*, whose self-styled Director-General, *Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew*, is currently facing prosecution for forgery and impersonation.

The ICPC’s interim report, submitted to the President on *August 6* after a 30-day investigation, had earlier disclosed two other fictitious bodies: the *FCT Investment Promotion Agency* and the *Foreign Investment Promotion Agency and Public-Private Partnership*.

The National Brands Development and Made-in-Nigeria Special Project Office is the *fourth fake agency* uncovered after the PFIFC scandal since early April.