‘Fake DG’ Reportedly Detained at Former SARS Headquarters

By Sunday Ameh

The Director-General of the Presidential Intervention Promotion Council, Adeniyi Adeyemi, is reportedly being held by operatives of the Police Intelligence Response Team at the former Special Anti-Robbery Squad headquarters in Guzape, Abuja, over allegations surrounding the operations of an organisation authorities describe as a fake Federal Government agency.

Adeyemi was arrested in Osun State by operatives of the Intelligence Response Team led by Chief Superintendent of Police Moses Lohor before he was moved to Ibadan, Oyo State, and later flown to Abuja.

Sources familiar with the investigation said the arrest followed a warrant reportedly issued by Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja.

The suspect is currently undergoing interrogation at the IRT headquarters as investigators probe the alleged operation of an organisation presented as a Federal Government agency.

When contacted, the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Anietie Iniedu, said he would verify the suspect’s whereabouts but had yet to provide an update as of the time of filing this report.

However, a senior police officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to comment publicly, confirmed that Adeyemi remained in IRT custody.

According to the source, investigators are questioning him over the alleged operation of the organisation and other matters connected with the ongoing investigation.

Meanwhile, the President’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, has instituted a N15bn defamation suit against Adeyemi over allegations that he demanded a 48 per cent kickback from a proposed N27.3bn take-off grant for the agency.

In the suit filed before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Gbajabiamila is seeking N10bn as general damages, N5bn as aggravated damages, N200m as the cost of the action, and an order compelling Adeyemi to publish a retraction and apology in five national newspapers and across all social media platforms where the alleged defamatory claims were made.