COURT ISSUES BENCH WARRANT AGAINST IMPERSONATOR, ADENIYI ADEYEMI SCRIPTOVER

COURT ISSUES BENCH WARRANT AGAINST IMPERSONATOR, ADENIYI ADEYEMI

AS A RESULT OF HIS PERSISTENT ABSENCE FROM COURT PROCEEDINGS, THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT ABUJA

HAS ISSUED A BENCH WARRANT OF ARREST COMPELLING THE PURPORTED DIRECTOR GENERAL, ALLEGED PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN INTERVENTION PROMOTION COUNCIL, ADENIYI ADEYEMI, TO COME AND ANSWER TO THE CRIMINAL CHARGE FILED AGAINST HIM BY THE POLICE.

WHEN THE MATTER WAS CALLED FOR ARRAIGNMENT, THE COURT OBSERVED DEFENDANT’S ABSENCE AGAIN FOR THE FIFTH TIME, PROMPTING THE PRESIDING JUDGE, JUSTICE MUHAMMED UMAR TO ORDER THE DEFENDANT’S ARREST TO FACE TRIAL ON THE NEXT ADJOURNED DATE, SEPTEMBER 30, 2026.

ADENIYI ADEYEMI IS FACING MULTIPLE COUNTS OF ALLEGED IMPERSONATION, CLAIMING TO HEAD A NON-EXISTENT FEDERAL AGENCY, MONEY LAUNDERING AND BRIBERY.

HE IS ALSO ALLEGED TO HAVE MADE FALSE FINANCIAL CLAIMS AGAINST THE PRESIDENT’S CHIEF OF STAFF, FEMI GBAJABIAMILA.

MEANWHILE THE COURT HAS ADJOURNED A SUIT FILED BY AN ACCORD PARTY PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT, GBENGA OLAWEPO-HASIM, SEEKING TO COMPEL HIS POLITICAL PARTY TO SUBMIT HIS NAME TO INEC AS ITS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.

THE PROCEEDINGS WERE STALLED, TO ALLOW ALL THE PARTIES TO EXCHANGE PROCESSES CONCERNING THE MATTER.

THE HEARING CONTINUES ON WEDNESDAY.