Police yesterday arrested the Director-General of the allegely non-existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, PFIPC, Adeniyi Adeyemi in Osun State.See More. .
His arrest came barely hours after Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja issued a warrant for his arrest.
It was gathered that men of the Federal Investigation Department/IRT of the Force Headquarters stormed his hideout in Osun to effect his arrest.
Security sources disclosed that a team, led by Moses Lohor, arrested him in a village in Ijesaland.
Adeyemi was trailed by the Department of State Services, DSS, for five days before his matter was taken over by the Police special unit.
Osun State Police Command spokesperson, Abiodun Ojelabi, confirmed that Adeyemi was arrested in Osun State and was already en route the nation’s capital, Abuja.
Earlier yesterday, Justice Umar had issued a bench warrant for his arrest, following an oral application made by police lawyer, Mr. Wisdom Madaki.
Adeyemi was billed to take his plea on an eight-count charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/562/2025, relating to forgery, fraud, and impersonation.
However, although the matter was listed as No. 12 on the court’s cause list, the defendant failed to appear for his arraignment, even though a lawyer, Mr. Genesis Francis, announced appearance on his behalf.
Shortly after the case was called, the prosecution counsel noted that the defendant had repeatedly failed to appear for his trial.
“My lord, this is the fifth time this case is coming up, and all the adjournments have been at the instance of the defendant,” the police lawyer lamented.
Consequently, relying on Section 394 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, ACJA, 2015, the prosecution counsel urged the court to issue a warrant for his arrest.
The application was immediately opposed by the defence lawyer, who blamed his client’s absence in court on alleged threats to his life.
The defence lawyer drew the court’s attention to the fact that his client was present for his arraignment on May 16, a date to which he said the case was later adjourned.
“Since then, this case has become a matter of public importance, and there have been many threats to his life.
“The defendant is afraid for his life. He has to be alive to be able to face trial. They have been looking for him, even without an order of court,” Francis added.
Delivering his ruling after listening to both lawyers, Justice Umar said he was minded to accede to the application for the issuance of a warrant of arrest against the defendant.
The court noted that whereas the case was filed on November 27, 2025, proceedings did not commence until December 4, 2025.
Justice Umar noted that since the charge was filed, the defendant had appeared before the court only once.
“Since then, he has failed to appear before this court on four consecutive dates,” Justice Umar added.
He, therefore, issued a warrant mandating security agencies to arrest and produce the defendant before the court on September 30 for arraignment.
Among those billed to testify in the matter are the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila; Paul Emmanuel; Jeremiah Imoukhuede; and Ituah Sylvester. ExecutiveBranch
Other witnesses are civil servants working in the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF), Akimbo Shola and Adamu Balogun, as well as a Deputy Superintendent of Police.
Adeyemi, whose whereabouts had been unknown, said in an interview he granted to Channels Television on Monday that his withdrawal from public view was due to alleged threats to his life.
He dismissed the insinuation that he was hiding from law enforcement agencies in a bid to evade investigation into his involvement in the alleged PFIPC fraud.
