Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out the eight-count criminal charge brought against the alleged fake Director General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, PFIPC, Adeniyi Adeyemi, by the Federal Government.
The judge on Monday terminated Adeyemi’s trial following the
request of the Federal Government to that effect and on the basis that the
accused person would be moved to the High Court of the Federal Capital
Territory for a fresh arraignment.
At Monday’s proceedings, Director of the Public Prosecution
of the Federation, DPPF, Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, moved an application for the
termination of the charges.
Oyedepo told the judge that the Attorney General of the
Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, carried out a
review of the case file and the charge filed by the Inspector General of Police
and found some loopholes.
Among others, he said that the documents allegedly forged by
Adeyemi during his operation of the fake agency are those that can be
prosecuted by the High Court of the FCT and not the Federal High Court.
The DPPF said that a new charge has been filed at the High
Court of the FCT and that Adeyemi would be expeditiously arraigned afresh.
He urged the judge to strike out the charge as required by
law.
Following no objections from Ibrahim Angulu, SAN, who stood
for Adeyemi, Justice Umar terminated the charge accordingly.
Adeyemi, 38 years old, is being tried alongside two others
whose whereabouts were unknown, on charges bordering on conspiracy and forgery.
The two others said to be at large were identified as Femi
(surname unknown) Anu (surname unknown).
The charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/25/2025, was entered against
the defendant by the Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation.
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