The Director-General of the purported Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC), Adeniyi Adeyemi, has been arrested by security operatives following a warrant issued by the Federal High Court in Abuja.
Adeyemi was arrested on Tuesday at his hideout in Osun State, shortly after Justice Mohammed Umar ordered his arrest for failing to appear in court for arraignment.
A Federal High Court in Abuja issued a warrant for the arrest of the self-acclaimed Director-General of the PFIPC, Adeyemi, after he failed to appear for arraignment on charges of forgery, fraud and impersonation.
The Police PRO confirmed that he was arrested by a team of FID/IRT in Osun.
Details of the arrest remain sketchy as of press time, but sources said the suspect would be taken to the Police Headquarters in Abuja for further action.
The arrest followed a brief ruling by Justice Umar, who issued a bench warrant after Adeyemi failed to appear before the court despite several adjournments.
Earlier in the proceedings, Adeyemi’s counsel, Genesis Francis, told the court that he could not convince his client to attend the hearing, citing concerns raised by the defendant.
The lawyer informed the court that Adeyemi had expressed fears for his safety in an open letter to President Bola Tinubu, noting that the matter had generated significant public attention.
But prosecuting counsel, Wisdom Madaki, argued that the case had suffered repeated delays due to the defendant’s absence.
Madaki urged the court to issue a warrant for Adeyemi’s arrest in line with Section 394 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act.
Justice Umar then granted the request, saying the charges were filed on November 27, 2025, while proceedings commenced on December 4, 2025.
The judge noted that Adeyemi had appeared in court only once and had failed to attend subsequent proceedings.
He consequently ordered his arrest and adjourned the matter until September 30.
meanwhile, human rights activist and presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has alleged that the arrest of Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi over the alleged operation of a fake government agency is part of an attempt to cover up the truth behind a reported N400 million bribery scandal.
In a post on X on Tuesday, Sowore claimed that the arrest and reported treatment of Adeyemi “points to what appears to be an official cover-up rather than a genuine search for truth.”
He argued that President Bola Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, should also be investigated if the authorities are serious about uncovering the facts.
“By now, President Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, should also be under arrest and investigation if the authorities are truly committed to uncovering the facts,” Sowore wrote.
The activist further alleged that the person accused of collecting the alleged N400 million bribe on behalf of Gbajabiamila had died under mysterious circumstances, while the hotel where the alleged exchange took place had been demolished.
Sowore also accused the Federal Government of attempting to obstruct justice.
“In addition to the real crimes, we are now witnessing obstruction of justice by the Tinubu criminal regime,” he said.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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