The alleged Director-General of the controversial Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, Adeniyi Adeyemi, has claimed that his life is under threat, insisting that he is not in hiding but has deliberately stayed away from the public for fear of being killed.
Adeyemi made the disclosure during a telephone interview on Channels Television on Monday.
Speaking during the interview, Adeyemi dismissed reports suggesting that he had gone into hiding, maintaining that he remained willing to appear publicly despite what he described as serious threats to his life.
“Definitely, I’m ready. I’m ready to show my face. I’m not hiding. I’m only fearing for my life because I have it on good authority that my life is in danger,” Adeyemi said.
The embattled alleged agency boss further claimed that there had been several attempts on his life, although he neither disclosed when the alleged attacks occurred nor identified those he believed were behind them.
“And I’m ready for that. There are several attempts to… my life,” he added.
Adeyemi's latest remarks come amid growing legal and political controversy surrounding the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, an agency that the Presidency has repeatedly described as non-existent and unauthorised.
The case has continued to generate nationwide attention following allegations that the council, despite being disowned by the Federal Government, received a budgetary allocation of ?1.302billion in the 2026 Appropriation Act.
SaharaReporters had earlier reported that the Nigeria Police Force concluded investigations into the matter and is set to arraign Adeyemi before the Federal High Court in Abuja over allegations of forgery, impersonation and other related offences.
According to court documents, the police filed an eight-count charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/562/2025 against Adeyemi and two other defendants.
The charges include forgery, impersonation and other offences allegedly committed in connection with the operations of the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council.
Police investigators alleged that Adeyemi operated the controversial agency from the second floor of the Federal Secretariat Complex, Phase III, Abuja, before he was arrested.
The controversy prompted President Bola Tinubu to direct the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to investigate the activities of the purported agency within 30 day.
The scandal has also intensified calls from opposition political parties and other stakeholders for an independent probe into how the controversial council allegedly secured a ?1.302 billion allocation in the 2026 national budget despite the Presidency's insistence that the agency has no legal existence.
Although the Senate declined to commence a separate investigation, citing the ongoing ICPC probe, opposition parties have maintained that both the budgetary allocation and the circumstances surrounding the establishment and operations of the purported agency deserve an independent and transparent investigation.
