Nigeria’s Adeniyi Adeyemi faces charges over bogus Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council

Adeniyi Adeyemi, who calls himself the Director‑General of the alleged Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), is accused of forging a presidential appointment letter and creating a fictitious federal agency. Investigators say the council was allocated approximately N1.3 billion in the 2026 federal budget despite not existing.

Police arrested Adeyemi on 27 October 2025 at his office in the Federal Secretariat Complex, Abuja, and on 27 November 2025 filed an eight‑count charge against him and two accomplices at the Federal High Court, alleging forgery, impersonation and obtaining money by false pretences. Adeyemi claims he was appointed by Chief of Staff Femi Gbajabiamila and alleges he paid N400 million for the appointment and still owes a further N200 million.

The Presidency has denied the council’s existence, labeling Adeyemi a “con‑artist.” Senior officials, including former minister Solomon Dalung, have named President Bola Tinubu, the Chief of Staff, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, the National Security Adviser and heads of the DSS, EFCC and Central Bank as potentially responsible. Dalung also alleged attempts to solicit ₦100 million for a ministerial reinstatement.

The scandal has drawn public attention to the late Dolapo Babatunde Tanimola, who was said to have helped procure the forged appointment letter before his death in a hotel fire. Calls for an independent investigative panel continue, while the government maintains the council never existed and stresses that appointments are made by the President, not the Chief of Staff.