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Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested Adeniyi Adeyemi, the Director-General of the alleged fictitious Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC).
Adeyemi’s arrest came hours after Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja ordered his arrest for failing to appear in court for his arraignment.
The judge issued the order following an oral application by police counsel, Wisdom Madaki, after Adeyemi failed to appear to take his plea in an eight-count charge bordering on forgery, impersonation and related offences.
In the charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/562/2025, the Federal Government is the complainant, while Adeyemi, Femi (surname unknown) and Anu (surname unknown) are listed as the first to third defendants.
When the case was called, none of the defendants was present in court. Madaki subsequently applied for a bench warrant to compel Adeyemi’s appearance.
Responding to the application, Adeyemi’s counsel, Genesis Francis, told the court that his client feared for his life and had written to President Bola Tinubu. He added that Adeyemi wanted to remain alive to face his trial.
Justice Umar, however, said the court would “help him to stay alive” and directed all security agencies to arrest Adeyemi wherever he is found.
The court subsequently adjourned the case until September 30, 2026, for arraignment.
Adeyemi is accused of operating a fictitious Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council from the second floor of the Federal Secretariat Complex in Abuja before his arrest.
The controversy surrounding the alleged fake agency attracted national attention after an entity bearing a similar name appeared in the 2026 Appropriation Act with a budgetary allocation of ₦1.3 billion.
On July 7, 2026, President Bola Tinubu directed the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to carry out a comprehensive investigation into the activities of the alleged fictitious agency and gave the commission 30 days to conclude its probe.
