By Obi Okoro,Abuja<\/p>\n
Determined rid the country of corruption the alleged fake Director General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), Adeniyi Adeyemi, has been dragged before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on a 22-count charge.<\/p>\n
The Federal Government re-arraigned Adeyemi on Thursday after he had been earlier arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja on September 30 on a seven-count charge, which was later withdrawn on October 12 by the Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation (DPPF), Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN), who said the prosecution planned to move the case before the High Court of the FCT.<\/p>\n
In the new charge being prosecuted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Adeyemi is, among others, accused of forgery, false personation as a public servant, and obtaining over N27 billion to start the fake agency and N3.8 billion for personnel costs.<\/p>\n
The anti-graft agency also accused him of obtaining the money by forging a document addressed to the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy.<\/p>\n
It also accused Adeyemi of forging documents signed by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, appointing him as Director General of PFIPC, and occupying government office facilities at the Federal Secretariat Complex Phase III.<\/p>\n
ICPC further alleged that Adeyemi forged a document to the Accountant-General of the Federation captioned \u201cRe: request for approval of self-accounting status\u201d for the non-existent agency to operate within the government financial reporting structure.<\/p>\n
It also alleged that he forged documents and sent them to the DG of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) to obtain a domain name for the agency.<\/p>\n
The ICPC further accused Adeyemi of gifting N210,000 to Aminu Abdullahi, an Assistant Chief Technical Officer in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF), \u201cto facilitate the allocation of office space,\u201d without official authorisation.<\/p>\n
The charge also alleged he gifted another N300,000 to an officer in the Office of the Chief Economic Adviser to the President, Ogaba Harry, to facilitate the release and handover of two official vehicles (a Prado SUV and Land Cruiser SUV) to him.<\/p>\n
ICPC also alleged that on 29 July 2025, the defendant collected N20 million from Oyekunle Gbenga, the Managing Director of Divine Dopacy Nigeria Limited, under the false pretence of a \u201cproject facilitation loan\u201d for a purported N2.8 billion contract awarded by the fictitious agency to procure furniture and renovate the official residence of the DG, PFIPC.<\/p>\n
According to the ICPC, Adeyemi allegedly committed the offences between 2024 and 2026.<\/p>\n
The ICPC said the alleged offences contravene sections 364, 366, and 132 of the Penal Code Cap. 532, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (Abuja) 1990, Section 1(1)(a) and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and Section 9(a) and punishable under Section 9(b) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000.<\/p>\n
The defendant pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to him, following which the prosecuting lawyer, Fatima Bardi, asked the court to set a date for the commencement of trial and remand the defendant in custody.<\/p>\n
Defence lawyer, Ibrahim Angulu (SAN), applied orally for bail for his client, an application Justice Halilu Yusuf rejected and ordered Angulu to file a written bail application.<\/p>\n
Angulu prayed for a short adjournment, citing Adeyemi\u2019s prolonged detention and health challenge, noting that his client has spent 155 days in custody and has received a health report from the police clinic.<\/p>\n
Justice Yusuf, subsequently, adjourned until November 9 for the commencement of trial and hearing of the bail application.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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