PFIPC DG, Adeyemi, to be arraigned tomorrow

From Godwin Tsa, Abuja

Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, self-styled Director-General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), an agency the Presidency insists does not exist  will be arraigned before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday, July 14, by the Inspector-General of Police.

The police, in a fresh court document marked FHC/ABJ/CR/562/2025, have charged Adeyemi and two others with eight counts of forgery, impersonation and related offences.

The charge was filed on November 27, 2025, by police prosecutor Wisdom Madaki.

Court documents list the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, alongside Paul Emmanuel, Jeremiah Imoukhede and Ituah Sylvester as witnesses. Also listed are two civil servants from the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF), Akimbo Shola and Adamu Balongu, as well as a Deputy Superintendent of Police.

Exhibits to be tendered include a note verbale allegedly sent by Adeyemi to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, purported approvals to open accounts with the Central Bank of Nigeria, a request for self-accounting status sent to the OAGF, and correspondence on the “take-off” of the PFIPC, along with a letter seeking land and office allocations across the 36 states.

Adeyemi was first arrested on October 27, 2025, by the police Monitoring Unit following a petition from Gbajabiamila’s office, and was held for 23 days before his release. According to the Presidency, investigators found he operated 34 bank accounts (nine tied to fictitious agencies) and had secured office space at the Federal Secretariat before the PFIPC surfaced with a N1.3 billion allocation in the 2026 Appropriation Act, triggering national controversy over how a disowned agency made it into the budget.

The Senate has denied inserting the budget line, and President Bola Tinubu has directed the ICPC to investigate within 30 days.

Adeyemi has maintained his innocence, accused Gbajabiamila of demanding a cut of the agency’s funds, and said he is ready to face trial.

His case had earlier stalled through several adjournments; the Presidency separately says the matter is billed to return to court on July 27.