The Federal Government has re-arraigned the alleged fake Director-General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), Adeniyi Adeyemi, before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on a 22-count charge bordering on forgery, impersonation and alleged fraud involving billions of naira.
Adeyemi was re-arraigned on Thursday after the earlier seven-count charge filed against him at the Federal High Court in Abuja was withdrawn on October 12 by the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federation, Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN), who said the case would be prosecuted at the FCT High Court.
The new charge is being prosecuted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).
According to the commission, Adeyemi allegedly obtained more than N27 billion to establish the purported agency and another N3.8 billion for personnel costs.
The ICPC accused him of forging a document addressed to the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy to facilitate the alleged release of the funds.
The commission further alleged that Adeyemi forged documents purportedly signed by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, appointing him as the Director-General of PFIPC.
He was also accused of using forged documents to occupy government office facilities at the Federal Secretariat Complex, Phase III, Abuja.
In addition, the ICPC alleged that Adeyemi forged a letter addressed to the Accountant-General of the Federation seeking approval for the purported agency to operate as a self-accounting entity within the government’s financial reporting system.
The commission also accused him of forging documents sent to the Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) to obtain a domain name for the non-existent agency.
The charge further alleged that Adeyemi gave N210,000 to Aminu Abdullahi, an Assistant Chief Technical Officer in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, to facilitate the allocation of office space without official authorisation.
He was also accused of giving N300,000 to Ogaba Harry, an officer in the Office of the Chief Economic Adviser to the President, to facilitate the release and handover of two official vehicles, a Prado SUV and a Land Cruiser SUV.
The ICPC further alleged that on July 29, 2025, Adeyemi collected N20 million from Oyekunle Gbenga, Managing Director of Divine Dopacy Nigeria Limited, under the pretence of a project facilitation loan.
According to the charge, the money was connected to a purported N2.8 billion contract allegedly awarded by PFIPC for the procurement of furniture and renovation of the agency’s supposed Director-General’s official residence.
The commission said the alleged offences were committed between 2024 and 2026 and contravened provisions of the Penal Code, the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006, and the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000.
When the charges were read to him, Adeyemi pleaded not guilty to all counts.
The prosecuting counsel, Fatima Bardi, subsequently asked the court to fix a date for the commencement of trial and remand the defendant in custody pending the proceedings.
However, Adeyemi’s defence counsel, Ibrahim Angulu (SAN), made an oral application for bail on behalf of his client.
Justice Halilu Yusuf rejected the application and issued a remand order, according to the account of the proceedings.
Adeyemi’s re-arraignment marks a further stage in the prosecution of the allegations surrounding the purported agency. The allegations remain unproven, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction.
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