Gbajabiamila: Timi Frank Demands Forensic Probe Into Mysterious Hotel Death Of Tanimola

The former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has demanded a thorough forensic probe into how Babatunde Tanimola, the principal intermediary in the appointment and bribery controversy involving the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila, died under mysterious circumstances.

Naija News reports that the presidency, in a statement by the Special Adviser to President Tinubu, Bayo Onanuga, dismissed allegations against Gbajabiamila over the scandalous activities of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) and its director general, Adeniyi Adeyemi.

The presidency also identified Tanimola as the man Adeyemi allegedly told police investigators had helped him procure the disputed appointment letter at the centre of the controversial PFIPC saga.

However, Frank, in a statement on Friday, said the presidency claimed that the police confirmed that Tanimola died in a hotel in Abuja five days before Prince Adeyemi was arrested.

Frank maintained that the circumstances leading to Tanimola’s death must be uncovered and unravelled for accountability’s sake.

According to him, the deceased’s parents, family members, relatives, and the nation at large deserve to know what led to Tanimola’s death at a time when his presence would have helped to uncover the truths in Tinubu’s government.

Frank further called on the international community, including the United States of America, the European Union, and other technologically developed nations, to help Nigeria unravel the true circumstances behind the current monumental corruption rocking Nigeria.

According to him, it is impossible for an ordinary citizen to boldly operate and enjoy government patronages, including having an annual allocation, a secured office at the Federal Secretariat, representing the nation at foreign events, and hosting National Assembly leadership, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and foreign ambassadors, among others, without having the backing of the presidency.

Frank also stated that such an agency could not have existed, opened an account with the CBN, received an allocation, recruited staff, and operated from the government building without the presidency’s knowledge.

He said, “By now, we expected the Office of the Chief of Staff, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), the Central Bank, the Budget Office, the National Assembly, and the relevant security agencies to be answering uncomfortable questions.

“Despite widespread claims that the agency Prince Adeyemi ran did not legally exist, there is information in the public domain that the purported Director General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention and Promotion Council enjoyed six police officers as escorts, official vehicles, and even an official residence.

“There were also media reports that this Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration granted a waiver to PFIPC under Prince Adeyemi to recruit 300 members of staff in August 2025.

“The media reports revealed that Mimi Abu, director, organization design and development, in the office of the head of the civil service of the federation, conveyed the government’s approval for recruitment in a letter dated August 7, 2025.”