PFIPC DG, Adeyemi, rejects Reps plan for closed-door meeting, wants public hearing
The estranged Director-General of the alleged fake government agency, Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) Adeniyi Adeyemi has rejected plans by the House of Representatives committtee to question him in secret. According to him, he deserves to be heard in public, and in the same place in which allegations were made against him. The House […] The post PFIPC DG, Adeyemi,…
Adeniyi Adeyemi, the ex-Director-General of the PFIPC, has refused a House of Representatives committee's request for a private meeting to answer allegations against him. The committee, headed by Yusuf Gagdi, is investigating claims of impersonation, forgery, financial impropriety, and misuse of government facilities and insignia.
Adeyemi's lawyer, Ademola Oyedokun, contended that the committee should conduct the inquiry publicly, in the same venue where the accusations were made. He urged the committee to utilize its constitutional authority under Section 89 of the Constitution to compel Adeyemi's appearance at a public hearing. Oyedokun emphasized that the criminal charges would be addressed in court, while the House inquiry should be conducted openly.
He also contested the legality of Adeyemi's continued detention, noting that a bench warrant only authorized his arrest and presentation before the Federal High Court, not indefinite imprisonment.
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