The House of Representatives Committee probing the contentious Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) has ordered the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, to produce the Director-General of the alleged fake agency, Adeyemi Martin, before it on Wednesday by 12 noon.
The committee gave the order on Monday after the Nigeria Police Force confirmed key aspects of its ongoing criminal investigation, including petitions from the Office of the Chief of Staff to the President.
The petitions alleged that Adeyemi fraudulently presented himself as the director-general of the purported Presidential Economic Advisory Council and the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council.
Chairman of the committee, Rep Yusuf Gagdi, held that Adeyemi’s appearance had become necessary because of the gravity of the allegations and their implications for individuals and government institutions.
“This committee clearly needs the suspected DG to appear before this committee. People’s names are involved. People’s integrity are involved. Institutional names are involved. Institutional integrity is involved.
“It is not an option now. We will need him here to confirm some documents to us in such a way that will not undermine our investigation to enable us to submit our report on time,” he said.
The committee also ordered its clerk to formally write to the Inspector-General of Police.
Earlier, an assistant commissioner of police, Basir Abdullahi, who represented the Inspector General, informed lawmakers that while criminal investigations were still ongoing, the police had already filed an eight-count charge before the Federal High Court against the suspect.
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