The operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have reportedly arrested the Director General of the fake Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), Adeniyi Adeyemi.
Adeyemi’s arrest comes barely a few hours after Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja issued a warrant for his arrest.
Justice Umar gave the order following an oral application by counsel for the police, Wisdom Madaki, after Adeyemi failed to appear in court for his arraignment.
Adeyemi and his co-defendants were scheduled to take their plea in the eight-count charge preferred against them by the police.
The police, in the fresh court document marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/562/2025, charged the defendants on allegations bordering on forgery and impersonation, among others.
While the federal government was listed as the complainant, Adeyemi, Femi (surname unknown), and Anu (surname unknown were named as first to third suspects.
When the case was called, none of the suspects were in court.
Madaki then applied to the court to issue a bench warrant for Adeyemi’s arrest following his absence.
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Responding to the application, Adeyemi’s lawyer, Genesis Francis, told the court that his client feared for his life and had written a letter to President Bola Tinubu.
He added that Adeyemi wants to stay alive to face his trial.
The judge, however, said the court would “help him to stay alive.”
After taking arguments from the lawyers, Justice Umar directed all security agencies to arrest Adeyemi anywhere he is sighted.
Justice Umar, thereafter, adjourned the case until September 30, 2026, for arraignment.
Adeyemi was alleged to have operated the fictitious agency from the 2nd Floor of the Federal Secretariat Complex in Abuja before his arrest.
President Tinubu had, on July 7, directed the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to conduct a thorough investigation into the activities of the fictitious agency.
Tinubu gave the ICPC 30 days to complete the investigation.
