Nigeria fake agency boss arrested

Adeyemi Adeniran, who called himself director general of the purported Nigeria — Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), was arrested in Osun State, Nigeria, after weeks in hiding. The arrest followed a warrant issued by the Federal High Court in Abuja for charges of forgery and impersonation. President Bola Tinubu ordered a corruption investigation into the fictitious agency last week. The PFIPC had secured office space in the Federal Secretariat, opened accounts with the Nigeria — Central Bank of Nigeria, and appeared in the 2026 Appropriation Act with a 1.3 billion naira allocation, but the Accountant-General's Office stated it never operated a central bank account or received public funds. Court documents accuse Adeyemi and two others of using forged documents to establish and operate the council. The scandal has prompted calls for an independent inquiry from civil society groups, opposition politicians, and senior lawyers.