ICPC raises charges against fake council DG Adeyemi to 36 counts, adds four suspects

The ICPC has expanded its charges against fake presidential council DG Adeniyi Adeyemi to 36 counts and added four co-defendants, but the arraignment has been adjourned to November 18 because one defendant was absent.

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has filed amended charges against Adeniyi Adeyemi, purported director general of the non-existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, THISDAY reports.

Prosecution counsel Sylvanus Tahir (SAN) told the court that the charges were expanded from 22 to 36 counts. They now include four other defendants: Aminu Abdullahi, Ogaba Harry, Florence Omameh and Patricia Akhigbe.

Monday’s proceedings, initially slated for Adeyemi’s bail application, were halted because the defendants had to take fresh pleas. Plea-taking could not go ahead because Omameh was absent on health grounds.

“Her unavailability in court has constrained the prosecution from proceeding with the arraignment, this, being a criminal charge,” Tahir said.

Adeyemi’s counsel, Ibrahim Angulu (SAN), did not object to the amended charge or the adjournment, but he reminded the court of his client’s prolonged detention.

Justice Yusuf Halilu adjourned the arraignment until November 18. He ordered that Adeyemi be returned to Kuje Correctional Facility and the other defendants to ICPC detention.