The self-styled Director-General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), Adeniyi Adeyemi, is currently being detained at the headquarters of the police Intelligence Response Team in Guzape, Abuja.
According to Daily Trust, Adeyemi was reportedly taken to the facility after his arrest in Osun State by operatives of the IRT led by a Chief Superintendent of Police, Moses Lohor.
He has since been questioned over allegations regarding the operation of the PFIPC, which authorities have described as a fake Federal Government agency.
Adeyemi was said to have been arrested at an undisclosed location in Osun State before being moved to Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
From Ibadan, he was reportedly flown to Abuja following a warrant issued by Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja.
He was seen on Thursday boarding a private aircraft for the journey to the Federal Capital Territory.
The arrest followed growing controversy over the PFIPC and claims that the organisation had presented itself as an agency linked to the Federal Government.
A senior police officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity with Daily Trust, because he was not authorised to comment publicly, confirmed that Adeyemi was being held at the IRT headquarters.
According to the source, investigators were questioning him over the alleged unlawful operation of the organisation and other activities being examined by the police.
“He was arrested by IRT officials, not by any officers attached to any of the commands. So, he’s presently at IRT headquarters answering questions,” the source said.
The officer added that the investigation would examine how the organisation was established, the representations allegedly made to members of the public and other matters connected with its operations.
President Bola Tinubu had earlier directed the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to investigate the controversy surrounding the PFIPC.
The commission was given 30 days to complete the probe and submit its findings
