Fake Agency Scandal: Police launch manhunt for Adeyemi

The Nigerian Police Force is actively pursuing Adeniyi Adeyemi, the director general of the now-disowned Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC). Adeyemi faces serious allegations of establishing a fake government agency, forging official documents, and deceiving senior government officials.

Sources within the police force have revealed that officers visited Adeyemi's parents' home in Ogbomoso twice in one week. During these visits, officers reportedly confiscated the parents' phones and interrogated Adeyemi's father, seeking his son's contact information. The father also led police to one of Adeyemi's properties.

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Mr Adeyemi’s parents told the police that he spent Monday and Tuesday in the hometown before leaving for Abuja on Wednesday.

The controversy gained public attention after President Bola Tinubu's Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, publicly disavowed Adeyemi and the PFIPC. The Nigerian government has since charged Adeyemi and two others with eight counts of forgery. If convicted, Adeyemi could face up to 21 years in prison for each charge, with an additional three-year sentence or fine for another count. Adeyemi has denied the allegations and stated his intention to defend himself in court, while police accuse him of delaying his trial.

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He has denied the allegations and said he would defend himself in court.