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The House of Representatives Committee investigating the activities of the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) has directed the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, to produce the self-acclaimed Director-General of the organisation, Adeyemi Adeniyi, before lawmakers within 48 hours.
The directive was issued on Monday during the committee’s resumed investigative hearing at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja, as lawmakers intensified their probe into the alleged agency, which reportedly secured office accommodation at the Federal Secretariat Complex and received a ₦1.32 billion allocation in the 2026 Appropriation Act despite not being legally established.
Representing the Inspector-General of Police, Assistant Commissioner of Police Bashir Abdullahi appeared before the committee and was instructed to ensure Adeyemi’s appearance before the panel by noon on Wednesday.
Chairman of the committee, Yusuf Gagdi, said Adeyemi’s appearance had become imperative because of the seriousness of the allegations and the public institutions implicated in the matter.
“This committee clearly needs the suspected DG to appear before this committee. People’s names are involved. People’s integrity are involved. Institutional names are involved. Institutional integrity is involved.
“It is not an option now. We will need him here to confirm some documents to us in such a way that will not undermine our investigation to enable us to submit our report on time,” Gagdi said.
The committee subsequently directed its clerk to formally notify the Inspector-General of Police of its resolution.
“The committee hereby resolves that the Inspector-General of Police of the Federal Republic of Nigeria do kindly present Mr Adeyemi on Wednesday by 12 noon. That is the ruling of the committee,” Gagdi declared.
Earlier, ACP Abdullahi informed lawmakers that the Nigeria Police Force had already filed an eight-count charge against Adeyemi before the Federal High Court.
“The Nigerian Police Force investigated part of this case late last year and filed eight-count charges before a Federal High Court. The case is ongoing,” he said.
He disclosed that although Adeyemi had been arrested and arraigned, the police would refrain from making disclosures capable of prejudicing the ongoing investigation or court proceedings.
“We don’t want to say things that are under investigation. It is definitely going to prejudice the ongoing investigation and make people have opinions that may prejudge the outcome of an investigation or judicial decision,” Abdullahi stated.
The police confirmed receiving petitions from the Office of the Chief of Staff to the President alleging that Adeyemi falsely presented himself as the Director-General of both the Presidential Economic Advisory Council and the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council.
According to investigators, Adeyemi allegedly used the purported office to obtain accommodation within the Federal Secretariat, sought approval to recruit about 300 personnel, attempted to secure a $1.3 billion allocation in the 2026 Appropriation Act for the non-existent agency and planned to organise a World Investment Summit under the platform of the council.
One of the key moments during the hearing came when lawmakers compared signatures on documents purportedly issued from the Office of the Chief of Staff to the President with authentic official correspondence obtained by investigators.
Asked whether both signatures matched, the police witness replied, “They are not the same.”
Reacting to the finding, Gagdi said the discovery reinforced concerns that official government documents had been forged.
“So, it is not only a letter that was suspected to be forged? We are dealing with documents that include what is said to be a forged Act of the National Assembly in an attempt to establish a fake agency,” he said.
The committee chairman disclosed that investigators had identified about 29 allegedly forged documents, including purported approvals from the State House, the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, the Ministry of Finance and several other government institutions.
He noted that representatives of many of the affected agencies had already appeared before the committee and disowned the documents attributed to their offices.
While assuring that the committee would not compel the police to disclose information capable of undermining ongoing criminal investigations, Gagdi said the House would continue with its independent inquiry.
The committee is expected to continue its investigation on Wednesday when Adeyemi is scheduled to appear before lawmakers, as the panel seeks to establish how the purported agency operated within government institutions and secured budgetary provisions despite lacking legal recognition.
