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A Nigerian House of Representatives ad-hoc committee will interrogate Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi—the purported Director-General of the fraudulent Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC)—at an undisclosed location while he remains in police custody.
Committee Chairman Yusuf Gagdi confirmed the decision to avoid disrupting active probes by security and anti-graft agencies, stating, “We will not announce to the general public when we will interact with Prince Adeniyi… To say that we will put the suspect under direct camera and interact with him the way we are interacting with everyone here will definitely undermine the ongoing investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and Independent Corrupt Practices Commission.”
The decision follows explosive testimony from Gbenga Collins, Managing Director of Divine Dopacy Nigeria Limited, who told lawmakers he paid N400 million to Adeyemi for a fake contract to renovate the agency’s official residence.
Collins explained that official vehicles, police escorts, and an office at the Federal Secretariat convinced him the council was genuine, stating,
“When I arrived at the airport, he sent an official car to come and pick me up from the airport to his office at the Federal Secretariat, Abuja… I met a lot of people, very big dignitaries in his office, and I met a group of security officers guarding the office.”
Collins recounted how he raised funds from associates, making payments between May and July 2025 before discovering the scam.
“My lawyer was the first person who told me that I had been scammed,” Collins revealed, adding that the ordeal devastated his business: “I have been frustrated, especially by those people who gave me the money. I have started selling my property. My business is not going well again.”
The committee subsequently summoned Federal Road Safety Corps officials regarding the official government licence plates used by the fake council and plans to complete its hearings this week.
