Details of operation behind PFIPC ‘fake DG’ Adeyemi’s arrest emerge 

The self-styled Director-General of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council, PFIPC, Adeniyi Adeyemi, was arrested on Tuesday by the Intelligence Response Team, IRT, led by Chief Superintendent of Police Moses Lohor.

It was learnt that Adeyemi was arrested between 11am and 12pm inside a building in the Ijebu-Ijesa area of Osun State.

The arrest followed a bench warrant issued against him by a Federal High Court in Abuja after he allegedly failed to appear for arraignment on eight counts.

A senior police officer in the Osun State Police Command told _The Punch_ that Adeyemi’s location was first uncovered in the Aregbe-Fakule area of Osogbo on July 9 after he evaded tracking by the Department of State Services, DSS.

The officer said Lohor’s team took over the operation after the DSS withdrew from the case.

He added that operatives later located Adeyemi in Ilesa and arrested him on Tuesday morning.

“The Moses Lohor team was in Osun on surveillance ahead of the August 15 governorship election. They were mapping hotspots and collating intelligence,” the source said.

“As a matter of fact, the Lohor team didn’t report to the Osun State Police Command. They operated from the area commander’s office at Oke-Fia in Osogbo.

“Adeyemi was already on their watch list, but they didn’t act because the case was being handled by the DSS. Adeyemi’s last known location tracked by the DSS was Ibadan, but they couldn’t apprehend him because he regularly switched off his phone.

“A senior police officer from Abuja informed the Lohor team about the DSS withdrawal on Wednesday. Lohor’s team then decided to track Adeyemi’s location on Thursday, July 9. Incidentally, he was located around the Aregbe-Fakule area of Osogbo.

“Late on Monday night, Adeyemi’s location showed he was around Ilesa, and the Lohor team intensified efforts, which led to his arrest on Tuesday morning. The team only informed the Osun State Commissioner of Police when they moved in to make the arrest.”

Adeyemi is being detained at the Force Headquarters in Abuja. He is expected to be arraigned on July 27.