The Nigeria Police Force is set to arraign Adeniyi Adeyemi, who allegedly presented himself as the Director-General of a non-existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), before the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday.
Adeyemi and two others are facing an eight-count charge bordering on alleged forgery, impersonation and related offences.
The charge, marked FHC/ABJ/CR/562/2025, was filed on November 27, 2025, by police prosecutor Wisdom Madaki.
The case was initially scheduled for arraignment on June 16, but proceedings were adjourned after Adeyemi was reported to be ill. Justice Mohammed Umar subsequently fixed a new date for the defendants to take their plea.
According to the court documents, the prosecution intends to call several witnesses, including the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, as well as Paul Emmanuel, Jeremiah Imoukhede and Ituah Sylvester.
Other witnesses include officials from the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (AGoF), Akimbo Shola and Adamu Balongu, a Deputy Superintendent of Police.
Also listed are Ojo Victor, Omeh Amarachukwu and Wakili Saidu, who were allegedly assigned to work with Adeyemi at the purported agency, alongside Joy Ngwoke, owner of Kachi Hotel in Abuja, and Ven. Okoriko of St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, Maitama.
The prosecution plans to tender several documentary exhibits, including the police investigation report, a petition submitted by Gbajabiamila dated October 17, 2025, and an alleged fake presidential appointment letter dated March 8, 2024.
Other documents include correspondence allegedly sent by Adeyemi to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, approvals relating to the opening of accounts with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), requests for self-accounting submitted to the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, and documents purportedly authorising the take-off of the PFIPC.
The prosecution also listed letters seeking collaboration with government ministries on land acquisition and office space across the 36 states, witness statements, defendants’ statements and photographs as part of its evidence.
According to the court filing, the prosecution reserves the right to call additional witnesses during the trial.
Police alleged that Adeyemi operated the fictitious agency from the second floor of the Federal Secretariat Complex, Phase III, Abuja, before his arrest.
Meanwhile, President Bola Tinubu has directed the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the activities of the alleged fake agency, giving the commission 30 days to complete its probe.
