The family of Adeniyi Adeyemi, the purported Director-General of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC), has raised concerns over an alleged attempt by members of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating the council to question him while in police custody without the presence of his lawyers.
Adeyemi’s brother, Peter Adeyemi, who spoke with Punch on Thursday, alleged that members of the committee visited the facility where Adeyemi is being detained and sought to interrogate him, but that he declined to respond to questions in the absence of his legal representatives.
According to him, the family was worried about the development and appealed to the committee to allow Adeyemi to respond to the allegations against him in the same public manner in which the accusations were made.
“The Reps committee came and wanted to interrogate him, but he refused. They are still there trying to make him talk without any of his lawyers being present. We are crying out loud so that the right thing would be done.
“He has stated that he wants to be quizzed the same way others who have accused him have spoken. It’s not that he is not willing to state his side of the story,” Peter said.
