The father of Adeniyi Adeyemi, the self-acclaimed Director-General of the controversial Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, PFIPC, has expressed distress over the allegations against his son, insisting that he is “soft-hearted” and “well-behaved.”
Adetunji Adeniyi spoke during an interview with BBC Yoruba at his residence in Ogbomosho, Oyo State, after security operatives reportedly raided his home while searching for his son.
Adeyemi is currently facing an eight-count charge before the Federal High Court in Abuja over allegations bordering on forgery, impersonation and operating a fictitious government agency.
The controversy followed his claim that he was the Director-General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council and the Presidential Economic Advisory Council, bodies the Presidency has repeatedly said do not exist.
Speaking on the allegations, the elderly man said he was shocked by the claims against his son.
“My child is not a troublesome person who will do that type of thing that they are looking for him,” he said.
Recounting the raid on his residence, Adetunji alleged that security operatives jumped into his compound through the fence, damaged the barbed wire and forced their way into the house.
“They jumped into my compound through the fence. They spoilt the barbed wire and started banging on the door. I asked who was at the door, and they identified themselves as government security personnel. They barged inside and started scattering everywhere, searching everywhere,” he said.
According to him, the operatives searched the premises but did not find his son. He added that they later returned before eventually leaving.
Adetunji said the officers did not disclose the specific offence his son allegedly committed, but only told him that the government was looking for him.
“They did not tell me what my son did. They just told me that the government was looking for him,” he said.
He explained that when the operatives asked where his son worked, he told them that Adeyemi had only informed the family that he worked for the government in Abuja.
“They asked me where my son works. I said I do not know, but he told me he works with the government in Abuja. I have never been to his office before,” he said.
The elderly man said his son had recently visited home before returning to Abuja, which he described as his workplace.
“He came home recently and told me he was returning to Abuja, his workplace. The police then questioned why I did not know his whereabouts. I asked if I was supposed to stop him from going back to work. After the questioning, they arrested me before I was later released,” he said.
Expressing concern over the matter, Adetunji said the development and rumours surrounding the allegations had left him unhappy.
“My child is soft-hearted and well-behaved. I am not physically fit, and all the rumours I am hearing are making me unhappy. I am surprised by the allegations,” he added.
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, who is representing Adeyemi, had earlier faulted the reported treatment of the elderly man, saying taking him to a police station could not be justified under the Constitution, the Administration of Criminal Justice Act and the Nigeria Police Act.
Falana said the police later informed him that Adeyemi’s father was not formally arrested but invited to assist investigators.
“The reported arrest of Mr Adeyemi’s father cannot be justified under the Constitution, under the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, and under the Nigeria Police Act,” Falana said.
According to him, police officers later claimed the elderly man was invited to take them to a particular place as part of their investigation and was asked to make a statement before he was released.
Falana, however, maintained that the statement should have been taken at the man’s residence rather than taking him to a police station.
The development comes amid widening controversy over PFIPC, which allegedly appeared as a beneficiary in the 2026 Appropriation Act despite the Presidency’s insistence that no such agency was ever created.
Adeyemi had also claimed during a television interview that he paid ₦400 million to secure the appointment, an allegation the Presidency has strongly denied.
President Bola Tinubu has since directed the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, to investigate the activities of the purported council.
The President described the PFIPC as a fictitious body with no legal backing and ordered the ICPC to submit its findings within 30 days.
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