The Federal Government on Monday filed fresh charges against Adeniyi Adeyemi, the Director-General (DG) of alleged non-existing Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC).
Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, counsel to the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), told Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja that the development followed a new case which had been filed at the FCT High Court.
Oyedepo, who is the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federation, therefore, applied that the instant charge be struck out.
After the defence lawyer, Ibrahim Angulu, SAN, did not oppose the request, Justice Umar struck out the case.
Earlier, when the case was called, Oyedepo moved the application for the discontinuation of the case.
He told the judge that the AGF carried out a review of Adeyemi’s case file and the charge filed by the Inspector-General of Police and found some loopholes.
The lawyer submitted that the documents allegedly forged by Adeyemi during his operations of the agency, allegedly said to be fake, were those that could be prosecuted by the High Court of the FCT and not the Federal High Court.
He said that a new charge had been filed at the High Court of the FCT and that Adeyemi would be expeditiously arraigned afresh.
He urged the judge to strike out the charge as required by law.
Following no objections from Angulu, Justice Umar terminated the charge accordingly.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adeyemi and his co-defendants, whose whereabouts are presently unknown, are being prosecuted on an eight-count charge preferred against them by the police.
The police, in charge, marked FHC/ABJ/CR/562/2025 and accused the defendants of allegations bordering on forgery and impersonation, among others.
While the Federal Republic of Nigeria is listed as the complainant, Adeyemi, 38 years old, “Femi Surname Unknown” and “Anu Surname Unknown” were named as 1st to 3rd defendants, respectively.
The charge was filed on Nov. 27, 2025, by Wisdom Madaki, a police prosecutor.
The AGF had, on Sept. 30, taken over the case from the police.
And after the defendant was arraigned, Justice Umar ordered Adeyemi’s remand at Kuje Correctional Centre.
According to the court documents, witnesses listed in the case are the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila; Paul Emmanuel, Jeremiah Imoukhede and Ituah Sylvester.
Other witnesses are civil servants working in the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (AGoF); Akimbo Shola and DSP Adamu Balongu were in the list.
Also listed as witnesses are Ojo Victor, Omeh Amarachukwu, and Wakili Saidu, all of whom were allegedly posted to work with Adeyemi at the non-existent agency.
Others are Mrs Joy Ngwoke, the owner of Kachi Hotel in Abuja, and Ven Okoriko, the pastor of St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, Maitama.
The documentary evidence expected to be tendered by the police includes the police investigation report, Gbajabiamila’s petition dated Oct. 17, 2025, and Adeyemi’s fake presidential appointment letter dated March 8, 2024.
These also include the request for a note verbally sent by Adeyemi to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the approvals he got to open accounts with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the request for approval of self-accounting Adeyemi sent to the AGoF and the conveyance of approval for the take-off of the PFIPC.
Other documents listed by the prosecution are a letter of request for collaboration with the ministry in the area of land acquisition and offices across the 36 states of the federation; statements of all the witnesses and that of the defendants; and pictures.
The police, in the court document, said, “The prosecution shall, during the trial, call any other related witness or witnesses to prove its case.”
Adeyemi was alleged to have operated the fictitious agency from the 2nd Floor of the Federal Secretariat Complex in Abuja, Phase III, before his arrest.
President Tinubu had, on July 7, directed the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to also conduct a thorough investigation into the activities of the fictitious agency.
The ICPC, which was given 30 days to complete the investigation, had since concluded its investigation.
