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PFIPC Scandal: FG Files Fresh Amended Charges Against Adeyemi Adeniyi, Four Others
ICPC says the amended indictment adds four defendants and alleges forgery, impersonation and corruption in a fake agency scheme involving over N27 billion.
- On Monday, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission presented 36-count amended charges against Adeniyi Adeyemi and four co-defendants before the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, though arraignment stalled due to defendant Florence Omameh's absence on health grounds.
- Investigators allege Adeyemi established the fictitious Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council by forging signatures from Chief of Staff to the President Femi Gbajabiamila and occupying government office facilities at the Federal Secretariat Complex Phase III without authorization.
- The indictment includes forgery and impersonation charges; investigators allege Adeyemi exploited system loopholes to secure a proposed N1.302 billion budget allocation and collected N20 million from Divine Dopacy Nigeria Limited under the false pretense of a 'project facilitation loan.'
- Justice Halilu Yusuf remanded Adeyemi at the Kuje Correctional Centre while other defendants remain in ICPC custody; the court adjourned proceedings until November 18 to allow Omameh time to recover and enter her plea.
- Prosecution lawyer Sylvanus Tahir, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, confirmed this joint trial now spans five defendants; an interim report to President Bola Tinubu uncovered two other allegedly fictitious agencies, prompting the ICPC to recommend disciplinary action against assisting officials.
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ICPC increases charges against fake PFIPC boss, Adeyemi
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has filed an amended charge against Adeniyi Adeyemi, who allegedly presented himself as the director-general of the non-existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, PFIPC. The commission has increased the charges from 22 to 36 and added four other defendants to the case. ICPC's prosecuting counsel, […] ICPC increases charges against fake PFIPC boss, A…
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ICPC files amended charge against Adeyemi, adds four civil servants
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has filed amended charges against Adeniyi Adeyemi, the purported director general of the non-existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC).
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