The Inspector General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has said the police will not be able to produce the embattled Director General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), Adeyemi Adeniyi, without a warrant from a competent court.
Disu, on Wednesday in Abuja, told the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating the controversial inclusion of the PFIPC in the 2026 Appropriation Act that a reproduction warrant would be required from a competent court before the police could produce him.
The police team, led by Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Olufemi Akinola and Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Bashir Abdullahi, made the request during the resumed investigative hearing chaired by Hon. Yusuf Gagdi.
Akinola stated that the IGP remained committed to cooperating with the committee’s mandate, but explained that Adeniyi could not be produced as directed because he is currently held in custody under a subsisting warrant for his detention. He said the police were of the opinion that the committee could help secure a court reproduction warrant to allow his production before the panel.
Responding, Gagdi clarified that the police had not refused to honour the committee’s invitation but were constrained by the existing court order, adding that the committee would continue to work within the law while carrying out its assignment.
Separately, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Didi Walson-Jack, admitted that her office committed administrative errors in processing approvals connected to the purported Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC), acknowledging that due diligence ought to have been carried out before recognising it as an ad hoc office. She described the incident as unprecedented in the history of the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation.
Gagdi further disclosed that the committee had secured the approval of Speaker Hon. Abbas Tajudeen to present its preliminary findings to the public next week, after hearing from the remaining stakeholders. He reiterated the committee’s commitment to a transparent and thorough investigation, after which a comprehensive report would be laid before the House of Representatives for further legislative action.
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