THE police will on Tuesday (tomorrow) arraign Adeniyi Adeyemi, the self-acclaimed Director-General (DG) of the controversial Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), before the Federal High Court in Abuja.
The fresh court document, marked FHC/ABJ/CR/562/2025, showed that Adeyemi and two other defendants have been charged with eight counts bordering on forgery, impersonation and related offences.
The charge was filed on November 27, 2025, by police prosecutor, Wisdom Madaki.
News Point Nigeria reports that when the matter came up on June 16 for the defendants to take their plea, Adeyemi was said to be indisposed, prompting Justice Mohammed Umar to adjourn the proceedings.
According to the court documents, a number of high-profile individuals have been listed as witnesses in the case, including the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, as well as Paul Emmanuel, Jeremiah Imoukhede and Ituah Sylvester.
Also listed as witnesses are civil servants attached to the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (AGoF), Akimbo Shola and Adamu Balongu, a Deputy Superintendent of Police.
Other witnesses expected to testify include Ojo Victor, Omeh Amarachukwu and Wakili Saidu, all of whom were allegedly posted to work with Adeyemi at the non-existent agency.
The witness list also features Joy Ngwoke, owner of Kachi Hotel in Abuja, and Ven. Okoriko, pastor of St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, Maitama.
Among the documentary evidence expected to be tendered by the police are the investigation report, a petition written by Gbajabiamila dated October 17, 2025, and an alleged fake presidential appointment letter issued to Adeyemi on March 8, 2024.
The prosecution also listed as evidence Adeyemi’s request for a note verbale sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, approvals allegedly obtained to open accounts with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), as well as correspondence seeking approval for self-accounting from the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation.
Other documents expected to be presented before the court include records relating to the approval for the take-off of the PFIPC and a request seeking collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the area of land acquisition and office spaces across the 36 states of the federation.
The prosecution further listed statements made by witnesses and the defendants, alongside photographs connected to the case.
According to the court document, “the prosecution shall at the trial call any other related witness or witnesses to prove its case.”
Adeyemi was alleged to have operated the fictitious agency from the second floor of the Federal Secretariat Complex, Phase III, Abuja, before his arrest.
This newspaper reports that President Bola Tinubu had on Tuesday directed the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to carry out a comprehensive investigation into the activities of the purported agency.
The President also directed the anti-corruption agency to conclude its investigation within 30 days.