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Police will on Tuesday arraign the alleged Director-General of the non-existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), Adeniyi Adeyemi, before the Federal High Court in Abuja over allegations of forgery, impersonation and related offences.
Adeyemi, alongside two other defendants, is facing an eight-count charge in suit number FHC/ABJ/CR/562/2025, filed by police prosecutor Wisdom Madaki on November 27, 2025.
The defendants were initially scheduled to take their plea on June 16, but proceedings were stalled after Adeyemi was reported to be ill. Justice Mohammed Umar subsequently adjourned the case to Tuesday for arraignment.
Court documents show that the prosecution has assembled a list of key witnesses, including the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, Paul Emmanuel, Jeremiah Imoukhede and Ituah Sylvester.
Other witnesses expected to testify include officials from the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Akimbo Shola, Deputy Superintendent of Police Adamu Balongu, as well as Ojo Victor, Omeh Amarachukwu and Wakili Saidu, who were allegedly assigned to work with the purported agency.
Also listed are Joy Ngwoke, owner of Kachi Hotel in Abuja, and Ven. Okoriko, a pastor at St. Matthew's Anglican Church, Maitama.
The prosecution intends to tender several documents as evidence, including the police investigation report, a petition submitted by Gbajabiamila dated October 17, 2025, and an alleged fake presidential appointment letter issued to Adeyemi on March 8, 2024.
Additional exhibits include correspondence allegedly sent by Adeyemi to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, approvals obtained to open accounts with the Central Bank of Nigeria, requests submitted to the Office of the Accountant-General for self-accounting status, and documents purportedly authorising the take-off of the PFIPC.
The prosecution also listed letters seeking collaboration with government ministries for land acquisition and office spaces across the 36 states, alongside statements obtained from witnesses and defendants, as well as photographic evidence.
According to the court filing, the prosecution reserves the right to call additional witnesses during the trial to strengthen its case.
Police alleged that Adeyemi operated the fictitious agency from the second floor of the Federal Secretariat Complex, Phase III, Abuja, before he was arrested.
The case comes amid a broader federal investigation after President Bola Tinubu directed the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to carry out a comprehensive probe into the activities of the alleged fake agency, with a 30-day deadline to conclude its investigation.
