Popular activist and presidential candidate of African Action Congress(AAC), Omoyele Sowore has queried why the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila was not under arrest alongside Adeniyi Adeyemi, the self-styled Director-General of the alleged Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council.
Recall that the Nigeria Police Force on Tuesday arrested Adeyemi, following a bench warrant issued by a Federal High Court in Abuja, after he failed to appear for his arraignment on an eight-count charge bordering on alleged conspiracy, forgery and impersonation.
Justice Mohammed Umar ordered Adeyemi’s arrest after granting an oral application by the prosecution, led by Wisdom Madaki, following the defendant’s absence when the case was called.
The judge granted an oral application by the prosecution after Adeyemi failed to appear when the matter, marked FHC/ABJ/CR/562/2025, was called.
Opposing the application, Adeyemi’s counsel, Genesis Francis, told the court that his client feared for his life and had written to President Bola Tinubu over the alleged threats.
According to the lawyer, Adeyemi intended to remain alive to defend himself in court.
Responding, Justice Umar said, “The court will help him be alive,” before ordering that a bench warrant be issued for Adeyemi’s arrest.
The judge subsequently adjourned the case until September 30, 2026, for arraignment.
The Personal Assistant to the Force Public Relations Officer, Aminu Koji, confirmed Adeyemi’s arrest in a terse statement to journalists.
Koji said Adeyemi was arrested in Osun State by operatives of the Intelligence Response Team.
“We have just confirmed the arrest of Mr. Adeniyi Adeyemi by a team of the Intelligence Response Team in Osun State. Thank you,” Koji said.
The police had filed the eight-count charge against Adeyemi on November 27, 2025, accusing him and two other suspects identified simply as Femi and Anu, who are said to be at large, of conspiracy, forgery and impersonation in connection with the operation of the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, an organisation the Presidency has repeatedly said does not exist.
Reacting to the arrest, Sowore wondered why Gbajabiamila was also not apprehended.
Sowore who bore his mind via his Facebook page wrote; “The arrest and reported dehumanization of Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, the alleged Director-General of a “fake agency,” points to what appears to be an official cover-up rather than a genuine search for truth.
“By now, President Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila should also be under arrest and investigation if the authorities are truly committed to uncovering the facts.
“So far, the individual alleged to have collected the ₦400million bribe on Femi Gbajabiamila behalf has reportedly died under mysterious circumstances, while the hotel allegedly used for the exchange has since been demolished.
“In addition to the actual crimes, we are now witnessing obstruction of justice by the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu criminal regime”.
