{
  "id": 5392159,
  "title": "PFIPC: Allow Adeniyi Adeyemi Access to His Lawyers, Court Orders IGP, AGF",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/pfipc-allow-adeniyi-adeyemi-access-to-his-lawyers-court-orders-igp-agf",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T17:24:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/09/03/pfipc-allow-adeniyi-adeyemi-access-to-his-lawyers-court-orders-igp-agf/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Inspector General of Police and the Attorney-General of the Federation to allow detained former Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council boss, Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, access to his lawyers. The court issued the ruling on Thursday, responding to a motion ex-parte filed by Adeyemi's attorney, M.B. Abdulazeez. Adeyemi has been held in police custody since July, following a court order, after he missed a previous court appearance. The Federal Government is currently prosecuting Adeyemi in connection with the alleged non-existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC). However, the imprisoned businessman filed a fundamental rights suit and a separate ex-parte application, arguing that he should be released from detention and permitted to choose his own medical practitioners. In granting the ex-parte application, Justice Obiora Egwatu ordered that Adeyemi be allowed unrestricted access to his chosen legal counsel at all reasonable hours. The judge also gave the AGF and the police a 72-hour deadline to justify why more of Adeyemi's requested remedies should not be granted, setting September 9 as the date for the respondents to respond.",
  "summary": "Alex Enumah in Abuja Justice Obiora Egwatu of a Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered the Inspector General of Police (IGP), the Nigeria Police Force and the Attorney-General of the",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "PFIPC: Court orders IG, AGF to grant Adeyemi access to lawyers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/pfipc-court-orders-ig-agf-to-grant-adeyemi-access-to-lawyers",
        "published": "2026-09-03T12:56:29.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}