Nigerian Police have arrested the father and family friend of embattled Director-General of the purported Presidential Economic Advisory Council/Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, PFIPC, Adeyemi Adeniyi, in Oyo State.
Adeniyi had gone into hiding, following revelations that he had allegedly scammed the Federal Government through the creation of a fake presidential council.
The arrest came on a day Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, OAGF, clarified that no Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, account was successfully opened for the controversial council, insisting that no public funds had been released to the body, despite its budgetary allocation, contrary to the position of presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga.
But, human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, who disclosed news of the arrest in a telephone conversation with journalists yesterday, said police operatives stormed the family’s residence and arrested Adeyemi’s father alongside a family friend who was visiting the home.
“Police have now stormed the house of the parents of Prince Adeyemi Adeniyi, Plot 3, Adeniyi Dynasty, behind Technical College, Road Safety Area, Ogbomoso.
One resident, who asked not to be named, said the officers arrived in four vehicles before taking Adeyemi’s father away.
“They came in four vehicles, and started harassing them and eventually took the father away. They didn’t allow the neighbours to intervene before they took him away. At the moment, there is a man in blue clothes patrolling the area,” the resident said.