The self-acclaimed Director-General of the fake Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), Prince Matthew Adeniyi Adeyemi, allegedly forged a letter purportedly signed by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, to obtain N30.8 billion from government coffers, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has said.
It disclosed this on Thursday when it arraigned Adeyemi before Justice Yusuf Halilu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama, Abuja.
He was docked on a 22-count charge bordering on forgery, false personation as a public servant and fraud.
According to the agency, on March 8, 2024, the defendant forged a letter with Reference No: SH/COS/209/A/3456 dated 8th March, 2024, purportedly issued by Gbajabiamila, appointing him as DG of the non-existent PFIPC, and thereafter occupied offices 2.10 – 2.20 at the Federal Secretariat Complex, Phase III, Abuja, to carry out official functions.
Adeyemi forged the document with intent to make it believed as genuine and used it to obtain government recognition and legitimacy.
The prosecution alleged that with the forged letter, the defendant obtained over N27 billion to establish the fake agency and N3.8 billion for personnel cost, through a forged request to the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy.
He was further alleged to have forged a memo titled “Re: Request for approval of self-accounting status” addressed to the Accountant-General of the Federation to enable the agency operate within the government’s financial system, and forged documents to the Director-General of NITDA to secure a domain name.
Other counts say he allegedly bribed Aminu Abdullahi, an Assistant Chief Technical Officer in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF), with N210,000 to facilitate allocation of office space, and gifting N300,000 to an officer in the Office of the Chief Economic Adviser to the President, Ogaba Harry, to facilitate release of two official vehicles – a Prado and Land Cruiser Jeep.
It further alleged that on July 29, 2025, Adeyemi collected N20 million from the Managing Director of Divine Dopacy Nigeria Limited, Oyekunle Gbenga, as a “project facilitation loan” for a purported N2.8 billion contract for furniture, electronics and refurbishment of his official residence.
It said the offences, committed between 2024 and 2026, contravened Sections 364, 366 and 132 of the Penal Code; Section 1(1)(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud Act, 2006 and Section 9(a) of the Corrupt Practices Act, 2000.
The defendant pleaded not guilty to all counts.
Prosecuting counsel, Fatima Bardi, requested for a trial date.
Defence counsel, Ibrahim Angulu, SAN, made an oral application for bail, citing the defendant’s 155 days in detention and deteriorating health, with a report from the police clinic.
Justice Halilu, however, directed him to file a formal written application.
He adjourned the case to November 9, 2026 for trial and hearing of the bail application.