The embattled Director-General of the controversial Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), Adeniyi Adeyemi, has attributed his decision to stay away from the public to certain threats to his life.

Adeyemi stated this in a telephone interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Monday.

This was just as he dismissed insinuations that he was in hiding from authorities, saying he remained prepared to appear publicly despite the risks.

“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,” he said.

The embattled Adeyemi further alleged that there had been several attempts on his life, saying: “And I’m ready for that. There are several attempts to my life.”

He also added that he does not have confidence in the probe of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), adding that the way forward to unravel the crisis is for an independent panel to probe the crisis.

“Government can’t probe Government. Are you telling me that the ICPC would indict Chief Femi Gbajabiamila? It’s not possible.

“I thank our father, Mr President, for listening by setting up a panel, but what we need is an independent panel. The Presidency already exonerated Gbajabiamila.

Adeyemi is billed to appear at the Federal High Court in Abuja over allegations bordering on forgery, impersonation and related offences.

In a charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/562/2025, the police accused Adeyemi and two others of eight offences, including forgery and impersonation.

The police alleged that Adeyemi operated the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council from the second floor of the Federal Secretariat Complex, Phase III, Abuja, before his arrest.

President Bola Tinubu had earlier directed the ICPC to investigate the activities of the purported agency within 30 days.

The controversy has also sparked calls from opposition parties and political figures for an independent investigation into how the agency secured a N1.302bn allocation in the 2026 Appropriation Act despite the Presidency maintaining that it had no legal existence.