FG Files Fresh Charges Against Adeniyi Adeyemi Over Alleged PFIPC Forgery
The Federal Government has filed fresh charges against Adeniyi Adeyemi, who allegedly presented himself as the director-general of the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), moving the case from the Federal High Court to the FCT High Court in Abuja.
The new charges were filed on Monday by a prosecution team led by Rotimi Oyedepo, the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federation and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. Following the development, Oyedepo withdrew the earlier charges filed by the police before the Federal High Court, asking Justice Mohammed Umar to strike out the case.
Oyedepo told the court that a review by the Attorney-General of the Federation’s office had identified legal issues with the original case. He argued that the alleged forgery offences could be prosecuted at the FCT High Court rather than the Federal High Court. Defence counsel Ibrahim Angulu, also a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, did not oppose the application, and the judge struck out the earlier case.
The original eight-count charge was filed by police prosecutor Wisdom Madaki on November 27, 2025. It accused Adeyemi and two other suspects, identified as Femi and Anu, who were said to be at large, of conspiracy, forgery and impersonation. Adeyemi denied the allegations during his arraignment, according to the report.
The prosecution alleged that the defendants conspired to forge official documents, including a purported presidential appointment letter, State House letterheads, an approval document for the establishment of the PFIPC, requests relating to staff bank accounts and office space, and correspondence seeking collaboration with a federal ministry. Another count accused Adeyemi of falsely presenting himself as the council’s director-general, an offence the prosecution said was punishable under Section 179 of the Penal Code.
The case followed a petition by President Bola Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, to the Inspector-General of Police and the State Security Service over alleged forgery and impersonation linked to the purported council. Police investigations reportedly uncovered correspondence with government ministries, departments and agencies, while investigators traced 34 bank accounts linked to the operation, including nine allegedly opened in the names of purported government agencies.
The report also detailed several postponed arraignment attempts before Adeyemi appeared in court on September 30, 2026, and was ordered remanded in prison. The Attorney-General’s office took over the case from the police on September 30 before filing the fresh charges at the FCT High Court. The prosecution had proposed 11 witnesses in the earlier case, including government officials, a police officer, civil servants, a hotel proprietor and a pastor.
With the earlier case struck out, the government is now pursuing the allegations through the FCT High Court. The fresh charges have been filed, but the allegations against Adeyemi remain matters for determination by the court.