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BREAKING: Reps order IG to produce ‘fake, agency DG Adeyemi within 48 hours

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  • The House of Representatives Committee investigating the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council has ordered the Inspector-General of Police to produce its self-proclaimed Director-General, Adeyemi Adeniyi, within 48 hours.
  • The committee is probing allegations that the organization, despite not being legally established, secured office space and received a N1.32 billion budgetary allocation.
  • Police confirmed an ongoing criminal investigation and stated that eight charges have already been filed against Adeniyi in the Federal High Court.

Nigeria's House of Representatives Committee has ordered the Inspector-General of Police to produce Adeyemi Adeniyi, the self-proclaimed Director-General of the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC), within 48 hours. The directive was issued during a resumed investigative hearing at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja.

This committee clearly needs the suspected DG to appear before this committee. People’s names are involved. People’s integrity are involved. Institutional names are involved. Institutional integrity is involved.

— Yusuf GagdiThe Committee Chairman emphasized the necessity of Adeyemi Adeniyi's appearance due to the involvement of personal and institutional integrity.

The committee is investigating the circumstances under which the PFIPC allegedly secured office accommodation in the Federal Secretariat Complex and received a budgetary allocation of ₦1.32 billion in the 2026 Appropriation Act, despite not being legally established. This probe follows confirmations from the Nigeria Police Force regarding key aspects of its criminal investigation, including petitions from the Office of the Chief of Staff to the President alleging fraudulent representation by Adeniyi.

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.

— Yusuf GagdiThe Committee Chairman stressed the urgency and importance of Adeyemi Adeniyi's testimony for the investigation's timely completion.

Representing the Inspector-General of Police, Assistant Commissioner of Police Bashir Abdullahi informed the lawmakers that an eight-count charge had already been filed against Adeyemi before the Federal High Court. He cautioned against public disclosures that could prejudice the ongoing investigation or judicial proceedings. Committee Chairman Yusuf Gagdi stressed the imperative of Adeniyi's appearance to confirm documents and enable the committee to submit its report on time, given the seriousness of the allegations and the institutions implicated.

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.

— Yusuf GagdiThe Committee Chairman formally declared the resolution for the Inspector-General of Police to produce Adeyemi Adeniyi.
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