The Federal Government has arraigned Adeniyi Adeyemi, the alleged self-styled Director-General of the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), before the Federal High Court in Abuja on an eight-count charge bordering on forgery, impersonation and conspiracy.
Court documents showed that the prosecution has listed 11 witnesses, including the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, to testify against the defendant when the matter comes up for hearing on July 27.
The charges followed months of police investigations into the activities of Adeyemi, whose appointment and the existence of the PFIPC were publicly disowned by the Presidency.
Gbajabiamila had earlier clarified that no such agency exists under President Bola Tinubu's administration and that Adeyemi was never appointed to head any office bearing that name.
The case, however, has generated widespread public interest after reports indicated that the alleged agency operated from the Federal Secretariat in Abuja, maintained official correspondence with several government institutions, secured office accommodation, opened accounts with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and had civil servants reportedly deployed to work there.
Adeyemi has continued to maintain his innocence, insisting that his appointment was genuine.
According to him, he has gone into hiding because his life is allegedly under threat, while his lawyers are preparing his defence.
Police investigation reports indicated that the case began after Gbajabiamila petitioned the Inspector-General of Police on October 17, 2025, alleging forgery and impersonation.
The petition prompted the IGP Monitoring Unit to launch an investigation, which led to Adeyemi's arrest on October 27, 2025, at an office located on the second floor of the Federal Secretariat Complex, Phase III, Abuja.
Security operatives also searched his office and residence in Suleja, Niger State, after obtaining court warrants.
During interrogation, investigators said Adeyemi claimed that one Dolapo Babatunde Tanimola assisted him in obtaining the appointment letter that named him Director-General of the PFIPC.
However, police later discovered that Tanimola had died on October 22, 2025, following injuries sustained in a fire incident at Kachi Hotel in Abuja.
As part of the investigation, detectives interviewed the deceased's relatives, the proprietor of the hotel and a cleric at St. Matthew's Anglican Church, Maitama, where funeral arrangements had reportedly been made.
Investigators also questioned three civil servants who had been posted to work in the alleged agency and recovered several documents exchanged between Adeyemi and various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).
The police further uncovered 34 bank accounts allegedly linked to Adeyemi, including nine accounts reportedly opened in the names of entities presented as government agencies.
The Federal Government subsequently filed an eight-count charge against Adeyemi and two other suspects identified as Femi and Anu, who are currently at large.
According to the charge sheet, the defendants are accused of conspiring to forge official government documents, including a presidential appointment letter, presidential letterheads, approval documents for the establishment of the PFIPC, requests for office accommodation, staff account approvals and letters seeking collaboration with federal ministries.
Adeyemi is also specifically accused of falsely presenting himself as the Director-General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council.
The prosecution's witness list includes Gbajabiamila, officials of the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, police investigators, civil servants attached to the alleged agency, the proprietor of Kachi Hotel and a pastor of St. Matthew's Anglican Church.
Among the exhibits to be tendered before the court are the police investigation report, Gbajabiamila's petition, the alleged forged presidential appointment letter dated March 8, 2024, documents relating to the opening of CBN accounts, correspondence with government agencies, witness statements and other documentary evidence.
The prosecution has also reserved the right to call additional witnesses during the trial if required.
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