The Police yesterday arrested the Director-General of the allegely non-existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, PFIPC, Adeniyi Adeyemi in Osun State.
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.
