Nigeria charges man with running fictitious government agency
A Nigerian man accused of illegally creating a government agency, installing himself as its boss and securing federal budget allocations for it was charged in court on Wednesday with forgery and impersonation, in a case that has exposed gaps in the checks governing the country’s public institutions. Prosecutors allege that Adeniyi Adeyemi had since 2024 … The post Nigeria charges man with running…
Nigerian authorities have charged Adeniyi Adeyemi with running a fictitious government agency, according to court documents released on Wednesday. The 43-year-old man, dressed in a white kaftan and baseball cap, pleaded not guilty to eight charges, including forgery and impersonation. Prosecutors allege that Adeyemi had posed as the director-general of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) since 2024, an agency he allegedly created himself and installed as his own boss.
Despite the PFIPC's nonexistence, the organization reportedly secured office space within the federal secretariat, obtained a $1 million budget allocation for 2024, and attempted to open accounts at the Central Bank of Nigeria. The case has drawn attention due to its ambitious nature, as a nonexistent government agency managed to navigate multiple layers of state bureaucracy.
Adeyemi was arrested in southwestern Osun state when a judge issued a warrant for his arrest after he failed to appear in court five times. Prosecutors have not implicated any government officials in the alleged conspiracy, and Adeyemi's chief of staff could not be reached for comment on Wednesday.
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