Fake Agency Probe: Reps to Grill Detained DG at Undisclosed Location

The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating the alleged establishment and operations of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council has said it will interrogate the council’s purported Director-General, Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, at an undisclosed location while he remains in police custody, saying the move is necessary to avoid jeopardising ongoing investigations by security and anti-graft agencies.

The committee was constituted to investigate the circumstances surrounding the alleged establishment and operations of the PFIPC following allegations of impersonation, forgery, financial impropriety and the unlawful use of government facilities and official insignia.

It is also examining how the purported council allegedly operated, the identities of those involved, the source of its funding and whether public institutions or officials aided its activities. It is expected to conclude its hearings this week before submitting its report to the House of Representatives for further legislative action.

The committee summoned the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Shehu Mohammed, to appear before it on Thursday over official Federal Government number plates allegedly used on vehicles linked to the purported council, amid concerns over how the plates were obtained.

The developments came after the Managing Director of Divine Dopacy Nigeria Limited, Gbenga Collins, told lawmakers that he paid N400m to Adeyemi after allegedly being promised a contract to renovate and furnish what was presented as the official residence of the agency’s Director-General.

Collins said he believed the PFIPC was a genuine Federal Government institution because Adeyemi operated from an office in the Federal Secretariat, Abuja, moved with security personnel and official vehicles bearing government number plates, and received visitors in what appeared to be an authentic government office.

Collins, a graduate of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, said he first met Adeyemi, whom he described as a fellow indigene of Ogbomoso, during a programme in their hometown in December 2024.