UPDATED: FAKE PFIPC DG ADENIYI ADEYEMI ARRESTED AFTER COURT ORDER
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By: Balogun Ibrahim
Adeniyi Adeyemi, who allegedly presented himself as the Director-General of the non-existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), has been arrested.
His arrest followed a warrant issued by Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja, ordering law enforcement agencies to take him into custody.
Muhammed Umar issued a bench warrant for Adeyemi’s arrest on Tuesday after Genesis Francis, his lawyer, told the court he had been unable to persuade his client to attend the proceedings.
The warrant was issued in the case marked FHC/ABJ/CR/652/2026 between Adeyemi and the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Also listed as defendants simply identified as Femi and Anu, who are said to be at large.
Umar said the charges against Adeyemi were filed on November 27, 2025, while proceedings began on December 4, 2025.
The judge subsequently adjourned the matter until September 30.
The development comes shortly after the court authorised his arrest over allegations linked to the fictitious organisation.
Adeyemi had allegedly paraded himself as the head of the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, an entity that does not exist within the Federal Government’s structure.
Earlier, Francis told the court that Adeyemi, in an open letter to President Bola Tinubu, said he feared for his life because the subject of the case had become a matter of national discussion.
Madaki urged the court to issue a bench warrant under section 394 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA).
He told the court that Adeyemi had appeared only once since the charges were filed and had failed to attend four subsequent sittings despite repeated adjournments.
Authorities are expected to proceed with legal action following his arrest.
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