Reps summon FRSC boss over alleged issuance of government number plates to fake agency

The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council has summoned the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps to explain how vehicles allegedly linked to the purported agency obtained official Federal Government registration number plates.

The committee said the FRSC chief would clarify the procedures for issuing government number plates and explain how vehicles allegedly used by the purported council came to bear official registration numbers.

The summons followed allegations that the use of government number plates and official-looking vehicles helped convince the Managing Director of Divine Dopacy Nigeria Limited, Mr. Gbenga Collins, that the council was a legitimate Federal Government agency.

Testifying before the committee on Tuesday, Collins alleged that he paid N400m to the purported Director-General of the PFIPC, Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, after he was promised a contract to renovate and furnish what was presented to him as the official residence of the agency’s chief executive.

The Chairman of the committee, Yusuf Gagdi, said the appearance of the FRSC Corps Marshal had become necessary to establish whether due process was followed in issuing the official number plates allegedly used by the fake agency.

Collins told lawmakers that he first met Adeyemi in Ogbomoso in December 2024 before being invited to Abuja in early 2025 to discuss what was presented as a business opportunity.
According to him, he was picked up from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport by an official vehicle and taken to an office at the Federal Secretariat in Abuja, an experience that convinced him he was dealing with a genuine government institution.

He said he raised the N400m from business associates who trusted his judgment because he had personally visited the office and found nothing to suggest the agency was not authentic.
Appealing for the intervention of the lawmakers, Collins said the incident had left him financially devastated and severely affected his business.

Responding to questions over Adeyemi’s absence from the hearing, Gagdi explained that the committee could not invite him because he was currently in police custody under a subsisting court order.
He added that the National Assembly would respect the constitutional principle of separation of powers and would not take any action capable of undermining ongoing judicial proceedings.

Gagdi, however, disclosed that the committee would engage Adeyemi at a later date and at a location that would not interfere with investigations being conducted by security and anti-corruption agencies.