*The Nigeria Police authorities disclose operatives have arrested Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew, self-acclaimed ‘Director-General’ of the disputed ‘Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council, from his hideout in Osun State, South-West region, and he is currently being interrogated
Isola Moses | ConsumerConnect
The Nigeria Police authorities Tuesday, July 14, 2026, arrested fleeing Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew, self-acclaimed ‘Director-General’ of the disputed ‘Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) in Osun State, South-West region.
Okokon Iniedu, Force Public Relations Officer (PRO), who announced Adeyemi’s arrest stated: “We have just confirmed the arrest of Mr. Adeniyi Adeyemi by a team of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) in Osun State.”
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A video accompanying a message from the Poilce authorities also showed Adeyemi being questioned by operatives after he was arrested Tuesday, Channels TV report said.
The development came after a Nigerian court had issued a bench warrant for his arrest following his failure to appear for his scheduled arraignment.
Earlier, in the wake of the controversy trailing the appointment scandal, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had asked the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to probe the matter within 30 days.
Justice Umar of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, FCT, Monday, July 13, issued the arrest order after an oral application, which Police lawyer Wisdom Madaki had made.
Hitherto, Adeyemi was billed to take his plea on an eight-count charge relating to forgery, fraud, and impersonation in heading a “non-existent” government agency.
Subsequently, Justice Umar ordered security agencies to arrest, and produce the defendant before the court September 30 for arraignment.
The so-called ‘Director-General’ faces criminal charges of forging an appointment letter purported to have been issued by President Bola Tinubu, and signed by Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief of Staff (CoS) to the President.
He is also being accused of forging Presidency’s letterheads with unsual features.
In the charge, Adeyemi is also accused of forging a request for collaboration with the Ministry of the Area of Land requisition and offices across the 36 states of the Federation, purported to have been issued from the State House, Abuja, Nigeria.
The Federal Government is alleging that he falsely personates as “the Director General of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council” as well as forging a request for office space, purported to be from the State House.
For several months, Adeyemi had paraded himself as the Director-General of the Council, with photos of himself and prominent Nigerians circulated on social media.
He also claimed to have given money to Gbajabiamila to the tune of N400 millionin order to secure the appointment with the assurance to pay a balance of N200 million to the CoS.
However, the Presidency, in a strongly worded rebuttal by Mr. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, recently denied the existence of the agency in the first place.
Adeyemi also did not back down as he has continued to claim, especially in an open letter to the President Sunday, July 12, that the Council wouldn’t have appeared in the 2026 Budget if it did not exist.
He equally alleged a threat to his life, and vowed to defend himself, if accorded needed security cover.
Adeyemi said in an edition of Channels TV’s Politics Today: “Let the court take its course. Since my lawyers are involved, everybody will follow us.
“They will monitor the whole thing. Then let the court of competent jurisdiction do what they need to.”