The federal government is set to arraign Adeniyi Adeyemi, the Director-General of a fictitious government agency named the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council.
Adeyemi will appear before the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday to face criminal charges.
The prosecution, led by police prosecutor Wisdom Madaki, filed an eight-count charge (FHC/ABJ/CR/562/2025) on November 27, 2025.
The charges level allegations of forgery, impersonation, and related offenses against Adeyemi and two other co-defendants.
The scheduled arraignment follows a prior delay on June 16, when the defendants were originally scheduled to enter their pleas.
Justice Mohammed Umar had adjourned the case after the court was informed that Adeyemi was indisposed.
According to the court documents, witnesses listed in the case include the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila; Paul Emmanuel; Jeremiah Imoukhede; and Ituah Sylvester.
Others are civil servants in the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Akimbo Shola and Adamu Balongu, a Deputy Superintendent of Police.
The prosecution has lined up several key witnesses to testify in the case, including Ojo Victor, Omeh Amarachukwu, and Wakili Saidu.
All three individuals were allegedly deployed to work alongside Adeyemi at the fictitious agency.
Other notable witnesses slated to testify include Joy Ngwoke, the owner of Abuja’s Kachi Hotel, and Venerable Okoriko, the pastor of St. Matthew’s Anglican Church in 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 alleged fake presidential appointment letter dated March 8, 2024.
Other documents include Adeyemi’s request for a note verbale sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the approvals he allegedly obtained to open accounts with the Central Bank of Nigeria, his request for approval for self-accounting sent to the OAGF, and the approval for the take-off of the PFIPC.
The prosecution also listed a letter requesting collaboration with the ministry on land acquisition and office spaces across the 36 states of the federation, statements made by the witnesses and defendants, as well as photographs.
The police stated in the court documents that “the prosecution shall at the trial call any other related witness or witnesses to prove its case.”
Adeyemi was alleged to have operated the fictitious agency from the second floor of the Federal Secretariat Complex, Phase III, Abuja, before his arrest.
Persecondnews recalls that last week, President Bola Tinubu had directed the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission to conduct a thorough investigation into the activities of the fictitious agency.
ICPC was given a 30-day deadline to complete the investigation and report to the Presidency.
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