The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) expanded its prosecution of Adeniyi Adeyemi, the purported Director-General of the fictitious Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), by filing a 36-count amended charge before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama, Abuja.
​During the court proceedings presided over by Justice Yusuf Halilu, the prosecution counsel, Sylvanus Tahir, SAN, informed the court that the anti-graft agency had amended the initial 22-count charge, expanding it to 36 counts and joining four civil servants as co-defendants.
​The scheduled re-arraignment and hearing of Adeyemi’s bail application could not proceed due to the absence of the fourth defendant, Florence Omameh, who was reported ill.
​Citing Section 266 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA), Tahir argued that criminal trials require the presence of all defendants during plea-taking and requested a short adjournment. Defense counsel Ibrahim Angulu, SAN, did not oppose the adjournment but highlighted his client’s extended period in custody.
​Justice Halilu adjourned the matter for formal arraignment and plea-taking, remanding Adeyemi at the Kuje Correctional Centre, while ordering that the four co-defendants remain in ICPC custody.
​The ICPC alleges that Adeyemi created the fake federal agency (PFIPC) to commit acts of forgery, impersonation, and criminal diversion.
Investigators revealed that Adeyemi operated 34 bank accounts, forged official communications to government institutions including the Ministry of Finance, and attempted to exploit civil service processes to secure a ₦1.302 billion allocation in the 2026 federal budget.
