A businessman, Safwan Garba, has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), accusing Jordan Nyesom-Wike, son of Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike, of allegedly collecting $2.1 million under the pretext of facilitating land allocations in Abuja.
In a petition dated December 11, 2025, the claimants, through their lawyer, Hamza Dantani, alleged that Jordan promised to secure 30 hectares of land each in Katampe and Guzape, claiming he had his father’s knowledge and approval.
The petition accused him of fraud, obtaining money by false pretences, criminal misappropriation and conversion of the funds allegedly paid for the proposed allocations.
According to the petition, Jordan reinforced his claims by placing a telephone call to his father in the businessman’s presence, purportedly to inform him about the proposed transaction.
“Our client met Jordan Nyesom-Wike in London, following which the two developed a rapport,” the petition stated.
It alleged that after returning to Nigeria about three months before the petition was filed, Jordan met the businessman and offered to facilitate the acquisition of land within the FCT.
The petitioners claimed he represented himself as someone who routinely helped secure land allocations and had the minister’s backing.
Jordan allegedly demanded $2 million as money he would deliver to his father to facilitate the allocations, while a further $100,000 was reportedly paid as his personal facilitation fee.
The petition stated that the total sum of $2.1 million was paid in cash on October 17, 2025, at Jordan’s insistence, in the presence of two witnesses, Adamu Sani and Aliyu Sarki.
It added that Jordan was accompanied by a man identified as Onor Sandy, whom he introduced as his friend and associate.
According to the petition, Jordan promised to complete the land allocations within one month but allegedly failed to fulfil the agreement after receiving the money.
The businessman further alleged that Jordan subsequently became unreachable, with the UK telephone number he provided no longer working. Attempts to contact him, including through people known to the FCT minister, were also said to have failed.
The petition asked the EFCC to investigate Jordan, arrest and interrogate him, and initiate prosecution if the investigation establishes criminal liability.
The petitioners said they were prepared to provide witnesses and any additional information required by the commission. The document also referred to an acknowledgment of payment allegedly signed by Jordan.
Speaking to journalists at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, counsel to the claimants, Ibrahim Waru, said the EFCC had acknowledged receiving the petition but had yet to take action.
Waru said the petition sought an investigation into the alleged criminal aspects of the dispute, separate from the civil case already before the FCT High Court.
Meanwhile, Justice Silvanus Oriji of the FCT High Court has fixed December 1 for the continuation of hearing in the civil suit, marked CV/008/2026, filed by the claimants against Jordan.
Jordan has denied the allegations, telling the court that he was not in Nigeria on October 17, 2025, the date the claimants alleged they handed the money to him.
