The Federal Government has listed the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, and 10 others as witnesses in the criminal case against the self-styled Director-General of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC), Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi.
A copy of the charge sheet filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja was obtained by Punch.
Adeyemi and two others, identified simply as Femi and Anu, who are said to be at large, are facing an eight-count charge bordering on conspiracy, forgery, impersonation and related offences.
According to the charge, the defendants allegedly operated a fictitious Federal Government agency and forged official presidential documents to give the purported organisation legitimacy.
The alleged offences were said to have been committed between 2024 and 2025.
Three officials of the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF) were also listed among the prosecution witnesses.
Count Two of the charge reads, “That you, Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Mathew… forged an appointment letter purportedly issued by His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR… and signed by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila.”
In Count Five, the prosecution alleged that Adeyemi falsely presented himself as the Director-General of the PFIPC.
The charges, filed under the Miscellaneous Offences Act and the Penal Code, accused the defendants of using documents bearing presidential insignia, reference numbers and official seals to promote the alleged fictitious agency.
An interim report by the Inspector-General of Police Monitoring Unit, filed as part of the court processes, said the investigation followed a petition from the Office of the Chief of Staff to the President.
“The attention of the Office of the Chief of Staff to the President was drawn to the activities of some individuals and groups who were fraudulently forging official appointment letters purportedly issued from the said office,” the report stated.
Police alleged that the documents contained falsified signatures, reference numbers and official seals.
“The forged documents had falsified signatures, reference/folio numbers and seals, and were used to claim leadership appointments into non-existing entities, particularly one known as the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC),” the report added.
Police Allege Meetings With Foreigners
Investigators further alleged that Adeyemi presented himself as the head of the purported agency and held meetings with Nigerians and foreign nationals in that capacity.
The police said he also wrote to several government institutions, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, seeking diplomatic assistance for visa facilitation.
“The suspect went as far as writing to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, soliciting a Note Verbale to the Embassy of the United States of America to facilitate the issuance of entry visas for some of his purported staff members,” the report stated.
Police said Adeyemi was arrested on October 27, 2025, following surveillance and intelligence gathering.
Search warrants were subsequently executed at his office and residence in Suleja, Niger State.
Investigators said several exhibits were recovered, including alleged forged appointment letters, official letterheads, correspondence addressed to ministries, departments and agencies, and documents bearing presidential insignia.
The police further alleged that Adeyemi told investigators that one Dolapo Babatunde Tanimola assisted him in procuring the appointment letter.
However, the report said Tanimola was later confirmed to have died in a fire incident in Abuja.
