Fake Council: Adeyemi fights back as police file 8-count charge against him

By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief, Omeiza Ajayi & Dickson Omobola

LAGOS —AS the Federal Government, yesterday, filed an 8-count charge against Adeniyi Adeyemi, convener of a purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, PFIPC, over the controversy trailing the agency, he fought back, claiming that he was given an appointmernt letter.

Adeyemi, who appeared on Channels Television claimed the Chief of Staff to the Prersident, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila gave him an appointmnent letter, insisting that he is not a criminal.

However, findings by Vanguard indicated that the alleged ‘‘fake’’ Presidential Economic Advisory Council/Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council was allocated N1.302 billion in the 2026 Budget of the Federal Government.

In a statement on Wednesday, Bayo Onanuga, presidential spokesperson, said the charges were filed by the Police on November 27, 2025, against Adeyemi and two accomplices at the Federal High Court in Abuja.