Reporting by *Naija News* indicates that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sanctioned the immediate suspension of three Federal Permanent Secretaries and mandated the arrest of Prince George Buchi Nwabueze. The executive action was taken after an investigation by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) exposed an illegitimate government body operating illegally within the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
The clandestine unit, identified as the National Brands Development and Made in Nigeria Special Project Office, was uncovered operating without statutory backing or presidential authorization. ICPC Chairman, Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, disclosed the discovery during a detailed briefing with State House correspondents in Abuja, explaining that the entity was unearthed during follow-up inquiries into previously exposed illegal administrative structures.
The federal authorities revealed that internal administrative loopholes enabled the illegal operation to execute unauthorized activities under the guise of official state functions. President Tinubu’s directive underscores a wider administrative clampdown intended to eliminate shadow entities, enforce structural compliance, and restore integrity to public sector management.
Validating accounts in *The Punch* confirmed the administrative crackdown, noting that the ICPC Chairman stated, “the exposure came during probes into the earlier fake Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council and weak government checks”. Furthermore, reports monitored on *Vanguard* emphasized the administration’s stance against structural fraud, quoting official sources as saying that “the President ordered immediate action to sanitize the civil service and hold accountable any senior personnel found culpable”.
**Echotitbits take:**
The discovery of fully functional unauthorized agencies inside key executive offices points to severe systemic vulnerabilities within the civil service framework. Expect tighter auditing of federal operations, heightened oversight by anti-graft bodies, and possible restructuring across federal ministries to prevent administrative impersonation and financial leakages.
Source: The Punch – https://punchng.com/breaking-tinubu-orders-arrest-sacks-three-perm-secs-as-icpc-uncovers-new-fake-agency/, August 22, 2026
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