The Nigerian police are set to arraign Adeniyi Adeyemi, the controversial director-general of a non-existing Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), on Tuesday before Judge Mohammed Umar at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
Charges and Court Proceedings
Mr Adeyemi has been charged alongside two others with eight counts, including forgery and impersonation, in the case marked FHC/ABJ/CR/562/2025. The case was filed on 27 November 2025 by Wisdom Madaki, a police prosecutor. Court proceedings had stalled on 16 June, scheduled for Mr Adeyemi’s arraignment, due to his absence on grounds of ill health.
Prosecution Witnesses and Exhibits
According to court documents, proposed prosecution witnesses include the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila; Paul Emmanuel, Jeremiah Imoukhede, and Ituah Sylvester. Others are civil servants from the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, including Akimbo Shola, and Adamu Balongu, a deputy superintendent of police. Also listed are Ojo Victor, Omeh Amarachukwu, and Wakili Saidu, who were allegedly posted to work with Adeyemi at the non-existent agency. Joy Ngwoke, owner of Kachi Hotel in Abuja, and Ven Okoriko, pastor of St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, Maitama, are also witnesses.
The prosecution plans to tender documentary exhibits including the police investigation report, Mr Gbajabiamila’s petition dated 17 October 2025, and Mr Adeyemi’s fake presidential appointment letter dated 8 March 2024. Other exhibits include the request for a note verbale sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, approvals to open accounts with the Central Bank of Nigeria, request for self-accounting status sent to the Accountant-General’s office, and the conveyance of approval for the PFIPC’s take-off. Additional documents are a letter requesting collaboration with the ministry for land acquisition and offices across the 36 states, statements of all witnesses and defendants, and pictures.
Alleged Operations and Presidential Directive
The police accused Mr Adeyemi of operating the fictitious agency from the 2nd Floor of the Federal Secretariat Complex in Abuja, Phase III, before his arrest. On Tuesday, President Bola Tinubu directed the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to conduct a thorough investigation into the activities of the fictitious agency, giving the ICPC 30 days to complete it. It remains unclear how the outcome of the ICPC investigation will impact the police prosecution.
