The House of Representatives Committee probing the activities of the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) has ordered the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, to produce the organisation’s self-proclaimed Director-General, Adeyemi Adeniyi, before lawmakers by noon on Wednesday.
The directive was issued on Monday during the committee’s resumed investigative session at the National Assembly in Abuja as lawmakers intensified their probe into the operations of the alleged agency.
Representing the Inspector-General, Assistant Commissioner of Police Bashir Abdullahi appeared before the committee and was instructed to ensure Adeyemi’s appearance to provide answers on allegations surrounding the council’s activities.
The House committee is investigating how the PFIPC, which lawmakers say lacks legal backing, allegedly secured office space at the Phase III Federal Secretariat in Abuja and was allocated ₦1.32 billion in the 2026 Appropriation Act.
Committee Chairman Yusuf Gagdi said Adeyemi’s testimony had become critical because of the gravity of the allegations and the institutions reportedly implicated in the matter.
According to him, the committee needs the suspect to verify several documents before it concludes its investigation.
“This committee requires the presence of the suspected Director-General. The integrity of individuals and government institutions is at stake. His appearance is no longer optional because we need him to authenticate certain documents to ensure our investigation is thorough and our report is credible,” Gagdi said.
The committee subsequently directed its clerk to formally notify the Inspector-General of Police to produce Adeyemi before lawmakers by Wednesday afternoon.
During the hearing, ACP Abdullahi disclosed that the Nigeria Police Force had already concluded part of its investigation and filed an eight-count criminal charge against Adeyemi before the Federal High Court.
He confirmed that the suspect had been arrested and arraigned but declined to reveal details that could interfere with the ongoing prosecution.
Abdullahi noted that while the police would cooperate with the legislative inquiry, it was important to avoid comments capable of prejudicing either the investigation or judicial proceedings.
The police, however, confirmed that the investigation began after the Office of the Chief of Staff to the President submitted a petition on October 17, 2025, alleging that Adeyemi fraudulently presented himself as Director-General of both the Presidential Economic Advisory Council and the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council.
Investigators also acknowledged receiving another petition accusing him of using the purported positions to obtain office accommodation within the Federal Secretariat, seek approval to recruit about 300 personnel, pursue a proposed ₦1.3 billion budgetary allocation for the alleged agency in the 2026 budget, and plan a World Investment Summit under the council’s name.
A major development at the hearing came when the committee compared signatures on documents allegedly originating from the Office of the Chief of Staff to the President with authentic official correspondence obtained by investigators.
When asked whether the signatures were identical, the police representative stated that they did not match.
The committee said the finding strengthened suspicions that official State House documents may have been forged.
Gagdi revealed that investigators had uncovered about 29 documents suspected to have been falsified, including purported approvals from the State House, the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, the Ministry of Finance and several other government institutions.
He added that representatives of many of the affected agencies had already appeared before the committee and denied issuing the documents attributed to their offices.
The committee chairman stressed that lawmakers had deliberately refrained from pressing the police for sensitive information that could compromise the ongoing criminal investigation, assuring that the House inquiry would proceed independently and could recommend additional action by security agencies upon completion.
