Isaac Samuel
The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating the activities of the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) on Monday directed the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to produce the self-acclaimed Director-General of the organisation, Prince Adeyemi Adeniyi, before it by 12 noon on Wednesday.
The directive followed the submission of the Nigeria Police Force, which confirmed that Adeyemi is facing criminal prosecution over allegations bordering on fraud, impersonation and forgery.
The committee, chaired by Rep. Yusuf Gagdi, said Adeyemi’s appearance had become imperative to enable lawmakers verify documents already before the panel and conclude its investigation into the activities of the unestablished agency.
“This committee clearly needs the suspected DG to appear before this committee. People’s names are involved. People’s integrity is involved. Institutional names are involved. Institutional integrity is involved.
“It is not an option now. We will need him here to confirm some documents to us in such a way that will not undermine our investigation to enable us to submit our report on time,” Gagdi said.
He thereafter directed the Clerk of the Committee to formally communicate the resolution to the IGP.
“The committee hereby resolves that the Inspector-General of Police of the Federal Republic of Nigeria do kindly present Mr Adeyemi on Wednesday by 12 noon. That is the ruling of the committee,” he ruled.
Earlier, Assistant Commissioner of Police Bashir Abdullahi, who represented the IGP at the hearing, informed lawmakers that the police had already filed an eight-count charge against Adeyemi before the Federal High Court.
“The Nigerian Police Force investigated part of this case late last year and filed eight-count charges before a Federal High Court. The case is ongoing,” Abdullahi said.
He explained that although Adeyemi had been arrested and arraigned, the police would not disclose details capable of prejudicing the ongoing investigation or judicial proceedings.
The police confirmed that investigations commenced following a petition from the Office of the Chief of Staff to the President dated October 17, 2025, alleging that Adeyemi falsely presented himself as the Director-General of both the Presidential Economic Advisory Council and the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council.
According to the police, the suspect allegedly used the purported office to secure accommodation in the Federal Secretariat, sought approval to recruit about 300 personnel, attempted to obtain a N1.3 billion allocation in the 2026 Appropriation Act for the non-existent agency and planned to organise a World Investment Summit under the platform of the coucouncil.
During the hearing, the committee also examined documents allegedly issued from the Office of the Chief of Staff to the President and compared the signatures with authentic official correspondence obtained by investigators.
Asked whether the signatures matched, the police witness responded: “They are not the same.”
Reacting, Gagdi said the committee had uncovered about 29 allegedly forged documents, including purported approvals from the State House, the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, the Federal Ministry of Finance and several other government institutions.
He disclosed that representatives of many of the affected agencies had already appeared before the committee and disowned the documents attributed to their offices.
The committee is investigating how the PFIPC, despite not being established by law, allegedly secured office accommodation in the Federal Secretariat and received a N1.32 billion allocation in the 2026 Appropriation Act.
