BREAKING: Reps Orders IG to Produce ‘Fake’ PFIPC Agency DG Within 48 Hours

The House of Representatives has directed the Inspector-General of Police to produce the embattled Director-General of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC), Adeyemi Adeniyi, before lawmakers within 48 hours for investigation.

The order was issued on Monday during a resumed investigative hearing by the House Committee probing the operations of the PFIPC at the National Assembly in Abuja.

Lawmakers said the appearance of Adeniyi had become necessary following a series of allegations surrounding the organisation, which is accused of operating without legal backing while allegedly securing government privileges and financial allocations.

Representing the Inspector-General of Police at the hearing, Assistant Commissioner of Police Bashir Abdullahi appeared before the committee and was directed to ensure Adeniyi is produced before lawmakers by noon on Wednesday.

The committee is investigating how the PFIPC allegedly obtained office space within Phase III of the Federal Secretariat Complex in Abuja despite questions surrounding its legal status.

Lawmakers are also examining reports that the organisation received a budgetary provision of ₦1.32 billion in the 2026 Appropriation Act.

Speaking during the session, Committee Chairman Yusuf Gagdi said the matter had gone beyond routine inquiries because of the institutions and public officials linked to the allegations.

“This committee clearly needs the suspected DG to appear before this committee. People’s names are involved. People’s integrity are involved. Institutional names are involved. Institutional integrity is involved.

“It is not an option now. We will need him here to confirm some documents to us in such a way that will not undermine our investigation to enable us to submit our report on time,” Gagdi said.

Following the resolution, the committee instructed its clerk to formally communicate the directive to the Inspector-General of Police.

“The committee hereby resolves that the Inspector-General of Police of the Federal Republic of Nigeria do kindly present Mr Adeyemi on Wednesday by 12 noon. That is the ruling of the committee,” Gagdi declared.

During the hearing, the police confirmed that criminal investigations involving Adeniyi had been ongoing for several months.

ACP Abdullahi told lawmakers that the police had already filed an eight-count charge against the suspect before a Federal High Court.

“The Nigerian Police Force investigated part of this case late last year and filed eight-count charges before a Federal High Court. The case is ongoing,” he said.

He explained that the suspect had been arrested and arraigned but declined to provide details that could affect ongoing investigations or court proceedings.

“We don’t want to say things that are under investigation. It is definitely going to prejudice the ongoing investigation and make people have opinions that may prejudge the outcome of an investigation or judicial decision,” Abdullahi stated.

The hearing also shed more light on petitions that triggered the police investigation.

According to police records presented before the committee, the Office of the Chief of Staff to the President had petitioned security agencies on October 17, 2025, over allegations that Adeniyi fraudulently presented himself as the Director-General of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council and the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council.

Investigators reportedly examined claims that he used the purported positions to obtain office accommodation within the Federal Secretariat and sought approval to recruit hundreds of personnel.

The committee heard that the petitions also accused him of pursuing a proposed $1.3 billion allocation for the organisation in the 2026 budget and planning a World Investment Summit under the platform of the council.

A major moment during the hearing came when lawmakers compared signatures on documents allegedly issued from the Office of the Chief of Staff to the President with signatures contained in authentic official correspondence obtained during police investigations.

When asked whether the signatures matched, the police witness responded, “They are not the same.”

The response immediately raised fresh concerns among lawmakers over the authenticity of several documents linked to the organisation.

Gagdi said the investigation had uncovered a wider network of questionable documents allegedly used to support the existence and operations of the council.

“So, it is not only a letter that was suspected to be forged? We are dealing with documents that include what is said to be a forged Act of the National Assembly in an attempt to establish a fake agency,” he said.

The lawmaker disclosed that investigators had identified about 29 documents suspected to be forged.

According to him, the documents included purported approvals and correspondence allegedly originating 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 revealed that officials from many of the agencies whose names appeared on the documents had already appeared before the committee and denied issuing them.

Despite the revelations, Gagdi stressed that lawmakers would avoid interfering with the police investigation or ongoing court proceedings.

“We are avoiding a situation whereby they will be pushed to make statements that will undermine their ongoing investigation,” he said.

The committee maintained that its investigation would continue and promised to submit its findings to the House upon completion.

Lawmakers also indicated that the final report could contain recommendations for further action by security and anti-corruption agencies if evidence of wrongdoing is established.