THE immediate past Minister of Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, and Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, the Director-General (DG) of the alleged “non-existent” Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), are set to be arraigned before the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday and Tuesday respectively.
News Point Nigeria reports that while Nnaji will be arraigned before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Adeyemi will appear before Justice Mohammed Umar on charges filed by the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).
Nnaji resigned from office some months ago after President Bola Tinubu directed him to step down following allegations linking him to certificate forgery.
The former minister was accused of forging his degree certificate from the University of Nigeria as well as his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate.
As of Sunday, details of the charges filed against Nnaji by the ICPC had yet to be made public.
Adeyemi, on the other hand, is expected to be arraigned on an eight-count charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/562/2025.
The charge, which borders on forgery, impersonation and related offences, was filed on November 27 last year by Wisdom Madaki of the Legal Department of the Nigeria Police Force.
Adeyemi and two other defendants are named in the charge and are expected to appear before Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja.
At the last hearing on June 16, when the arraignment was initially scheduled to take place, the court adjourned the matter until July 14 after it was informed that Adeyemi was indisposed.
Court documents showed that the prosecution has already listed a number of witnesses and identified several exhibits it intends to rely on during the trial.
Among the exhibits are the police investigation report, a petition written to the police by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, dated October 17, 2025, and an alleged fake presidential appointment letter issued to Adeyemi on March 8, 2024.
Other documentary evidence expected to be tendered before the court includes a copy of a note verbale allegedly sent by Adeyemi to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, approvals purportedly granted to him to open accounts with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and a request for self-accounting sent to the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (AGoF).
The prosecution also listed documents relating to the approval for the take-off of the PFIPC, as well as correspondence seeking collaboration with ministries on land acquisition and the establishment of offices across the 36 states of the federation.
Additional exhibits include statements made by all witnesses and defendants, as well as photographs connected to the case.
Among those listed as witnesses are Gbajabiamila, Paul Emmanuel, Jeremiah Imoukhede and Ituah Sylvester.
Also expected to testify are civil servants attached to the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, alongside Akimbo Shola and Deputy Superintendent of Police Adamu Balongu.
Joy Ngwoke, identified as the owner of Kachi Hotel in Abuja, where Adeyemi’s alleged accomplice, Dolapo Babatunde Tanimola, reportedly died in a fire incident, is also among the witnesses.
The prosecution equally listed Venerable Okoriko, said to be the pastor of St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, Maitama, where a funeral service was allegedly conducted for Tanimola.
Other witnesses include Ojo Victor, Omeh Amarachukwu and Wakili Saidu, all of whom were reportedly deployed to work in Adeyemi’s agency.