By John Azu
The Nigeria Police will arraign the alleged Director-General of the fictitious Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), also known as the Presidential Economic Advisory Council, Adeyemi Adeniyi Matthew, on July 27 over allegations of impersonation, forgery and fraud.
The development was disclosed in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
According to Onanuga, the police concluded their investigation and filed an eight-count charge against Adeyemi and two alleged accomplices at the Federal High Court in Abuja on November 27, 2025. The matter is now scheduled for arraignment on July 27.
He said the investigation stemmed from a petition written by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, on October 17, 2025, requesting the Department of State Services and the Nigeria Police to investigate the activities of individuals allegedly forging appointment letters purportedly issued from his office.
Onanuga said the police acted on the petition and arrested Adeyemi on October 27, 2025, at an office he operated within the Federal Secretariat in Abuja.
He said searches conducted at the office and Adeyemi’s residence in Suleja led to the recovery of documents and other exhibits believed to be relevant to the investigation.
Continuing, Onanuga said, “The police searched the office and Adeyemi’s home in Suleja, recovering vital documents and exhibits. In Adeyemi’s statement to the police, he claimed that one Dolapo Babatunde Tanimola assisted him in procuring the fake appointment letter. Following his claim, the police went after the said Tanimola. The Police found that Tanimola died in a fire incident at Kachi Hotel in Abuja on 22 October, five days before Adeyemi’s arrest. Tanimola’s body was seen by the police at the morgue, confirming the death.
“The police were able to establish that the agency Adeyemi purportedly headed was fictitious, that he forged his appointment letter and the documents recovered in his office and home, that he falsely paraded himself as a government appointee, and that he falsely solicited a note verbal from the Foreign Affairs Ministry to enable him and his staff to obtain US visas. The police also found that Adeyemi operated 34 bank accounts, with nine opened in the names of his fictitious agencies, known as the FCT Investment Promotion Agency and the Public Private Partnership (FIPA-APP), and the FCT Investment Promotion Act.
“The Police found that Adeyemi, using the fake documents he created, fraudulently opened a CBN account by misleading the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation. According to the police, no government money has been transferred into the account.
“The act of the suspect constitutes criminal forgery, impersonation and obtaining by false pretence, thereby bringing the office of the Chief of Staff to the President and the Presidency to disrepute before the public and international community”, the police wrote in the report of the investigation conducted by the assistant commissioner, Kabir Mogaji.”
The presidential spokesman further stated that although Adeyemi was granted police bail pending trial, he recently claimed publicly that he had been appointed by the Chief of Staff as Director-General of the purported agency.
Onanuga said the claim directly contradicted the statement Adeyemi made to investigators in November 2025, prompting the Presidency to issue a public disclaimer on June 8.
The case is expected to come up before the Federal High Court in Abuja on July 27.