Court Strikes Out PFIPC Case as FG Moves Adeyemi to FCT Court

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday struck out the criminal charge against Adeniyi Adeyemi, the alleged Director-General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), a body the authorities say does not exist, after the Federal Government told the court it had filed a new case against him at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

 

Justice Mohammed Umar terminated the charge on an application by Mr Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federation, who appeared for the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF). Adeyemi's lawyer, Mr Ibrahim Angulu, SAN, did not oppose the request.

 

Moving the application for discontinuance when the case was called, Oyedepo told the court that the AGF had reviewed Adeyemi's case file and the charge filed by the Inspector-General of Police, and had found some loopholes.

 

He argued that the documents Adeyemi allegedly forged while running the purported agency fell within the jurisdiction of the FCT High Court, not the Federal High Court.

 

Oyedepo said a new charge had already been filed at the FCT High Court and that Adeyemi would be expeditiously arraigned afresh there. He urged the judge to strike out the charge before him, as required by law.

 

With no objection from the defence, Justice Umar struck out the case.

 

Adeyemi and his co-defendants, whose whereabouts are unknown, had been standing trial on an eight-count charge brought by the police.

 

In the charge, marked FHC/ABJ/CR/562/2025, the police accused the defendants of offences bordering on forgery and impersonation, among others. The Federal Republic of Nigeria was listed as complainant, with Adeyemi, 38, "Femi Surname Unknown" and "Anu Surname Unknown" named as first to third defendants respectively.

 

The charge was filed on Nov. 27, 2025, by Wisdom Madaki, a police prosecutor. The AGF took over the case from the police on Sept. 30, and Justice Umar then ordered that Adeyemi be remanded at the Kuje Correctional Centre. Adeyemi pleaded not guilty to all eight counts at that arraignment, Nairametrics and Arise News reported at the time.

 

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), which first reported Monday's proceedings, did not report any response from Adeyemi or his lawyer to the allegations. None of the allegations has been proven in court.

 

According to court documents, the prosecution listed the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, as a witness, along with Paul Emmanuel, Jeremiah Imoukhede and Ituah Sylvester.

 

Others on the list were civil servants in the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGoF), Akimbo Shola, and DSP Adamu Balongu.

 

Also listed were Ojo Victor, Omeh Amarachukwu and Wakili Saidu, all of whom were allegedly posted to work with Adeyemi at the purported agency, as well as Mrs Joy Ngwoke, owner of Kachi Hotel in Abuja, and Ven Okoriko, pastor of St. Matthew's Anglican Church, Maitama.

 

The documentary evidence the police planned to tender included their investigation report, Gbajabiamila's petition dated Oct. 17, 2025, and what the prosecution described as Adeyemi's fake presidential appointment letter dated March 8, 2024.

 

The list also included a request for a note verbale that Adeyemi allegedly sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; approvals he allegedly obtained to open accounts with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN); a request for self-accounting status allegedly sent to the AGoF; and a conveyance of approval for the take-off of the PFIPC.

 

Other documents named by the prosecution were a letter requesting collaboration with the ministry on land acquisition and offices across the 36 states of the federation, statements of the witnesses and the defendants, and pictures.

 

The police said in the court document that "the prosecution shall during the trial call any other related witness or witnesses to prove its case."

 

 

Adeyemi allegedly ran the purported agency from the 2nd Floor of the Federal Secretariat Complex, Phase III, Abuja, before his arrest.

 

On July 7, President Bola Tinubu directed the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to conduct a thorough investigation into the activities of the agency. The commission, which was given 30 days to complete the probe, has since concluded its investigation, according to report. The findings were not reported.