By Nchetachi Chukwuajah with Agency Report
The police are set to arraign Adeniyi Adeyemi, the self-proclaimed Director-General of the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), before the Federal High Court on Tuesday, July 14.
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.
Police prosecutor, Wisdom Madaki, filed the charge on November 27, 2025.
According to reports by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday, July 12, 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.
Court documents showed that witnesses listed in the case include the Chief of Staff to the President, 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 agency, which the Presidency says does not exist.
Other witnesses listed in the court documents 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 October 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 (CBN), 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.
Recall that the controversy surrounding the establishment of the purported PFIPC sparked public outrage, following which President Bola Tinubu ordered the ICPC to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the activities of the agency, which the Presidency said was never established by the Federal Government and has no legal basis.
In a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Tuesday, July 7, Tinubu directed the ICPC to submit its findings within 30 days.
According to the statement, the investigation will cover alleged forged appointment letters and official government documents reportedly used by one Adeniyi Adeyemi Mathew, who allegedly presented himself as Director-General of the council and falsely claimed to be a presidential appointee.
The probe will also examine allegations that he used the false claim to seek official recognition and diplomatic support, including visa facilitation, opened multiple bank accounts in the names of purported government agencies using allegedly forged documents, and the circumstances that enabled the fictitious body to appear legitimate.
