*Photo:Adeniyi Adeyemi*
Adeniyi Adeyemi, the self-styled Director-General of the controversial and alleged fake Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), has been arrested by the Nigeria Police Force in Osun State.
Operatives from the Force Intelligence Response Team (IRT) apprehended Adeyemi on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, following a bench warrant issued earlier same day by Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja.
The warrant was granted after Adeyemi failed to appear for his scheduled arraignment on an eight-count charge bordering on forgery, fraud, and impersonation.
The Presidency has disowned the PFIPC, maintaining that it is a completely fictitious entity. However, the PFIPC managed to illegally secure physical office space on the second floor of the Federal Secretariat Complex in Abuja.
In a shocking security loophole, the fake council was successfully listed in the 2026 National Appropriation Act with an allocated budget of over ₦1.3 billion, though government said no fund has been disbursed to it.
Adeyemi has fiercely denied the forgery claims, insisting his appointment was authentic. He publicly alleged that he borrowed ₦400 million to pay as a bribe to President Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, to secure the role—claims that Gbajabiamila’s legal team has completely denied while threatening a ₦10 billion defamation lawsuit.
Prior to Adeyemi’s capture, police operatives raided his family home in Ogbomoso and arrested his elderly father. This drew heavy public backlash and strong condemnation from human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN), who declared the action an illegal “substituted arrest”.
Police said Adeyemi is in custody and undergoing interrogation following his arrest.
Meanwhile, Justice Umar has rescheduled his official court arraignment for September 30, 2026.
Concurrently, President Bola Tinubu has directly the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to carry out a comprehensive 30-day investigation into the activities of the phantom agency.