PFIPC scandal: Police to arraign ‘fake’ DG Tuesday
The police are set to arraign the Director-General of the non-existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, Adeniyi Adeyemi, before the Federal High Court on Tuesday.
In a fresh charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/562/2025, the police charged Adeyemi and two others with eight counts bordering on forgery, impersonation and related offences.
The charge was filed on November 27, 2025, by police prosecutor Wisdom Madaki.
When the case came up on June 16 for the defendants to take their plea, Adeyemi was said to be indisposed, prompting Justice Mohammed Umar to adjourn the matter.
According to the court documents, witnesses listed in the case include the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila; Paul Emmanuel; Jeremiah Imoukhede; and Ituah Sylvester.
Others are civil servants in the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Akimbo Shola and Adamu Balongu, a Deputy Superintendent of Police.
Also listed as witnesses are Ojo Victor, Omeh Amarachukwu and Wakili Saidu, all of whom were allegedly posted to work with Adeyemi at the non-existent agency.
Also listed are Joy Ngwoke, the owner of Kachi Hotel in Abuja, and Ven. Okoriko, the pastor of St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, Maitama.
The documentary evidence expected to be tendered by the police includes the police investigation report, Gbajabiamila’s petition dated Oct. 17, 2025, and Adeyemi’s alleged fake presidential appointment letter dated March 8, 2024.
Other documents include Adeyemi’s request for a note verbale sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the approvals he allegedly obtained to open accounts with the Central Bank of Nigeria, his request for approval for self-accounting sent to the OAGF, and the approval for the take-off of the PFIPC.
The prosecution also listed a letter requesting collaboration with the ministry on land acquisition and office spaces across the 36 states of the federation, statements made by the witnesses and defendants, as well as photographs.
The police stated in the court documents that “the prosecution shall at the trial call any other related witness or witnesses to prove its case.”
Adeyemi was alleged to have operated the fictitious agency from the second floor of the Federal Secretariat Complex, Phase III, Abuja, before his arrest.
President Bola Tinubu had directed the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission to conduct a thorough investigation into the activities of the fictitious agency.
The President gave the ICPC 30 days to complete the investigation.
