{"id":16171,"date":"2026-10-14T11:38:53","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T11:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/?p=16171"},"modified":"2026-10-14T11:38:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T11:38:53","slug":"wikes-family-of-scandal-nigerias-fct-minister-son-busted-in-alleged-2-1million-cash-payment-over-60-hectares-fake-abuja-land-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wikes-family-of-scandal-nigerias-fct-minister-son-busted-in-alleged-2-1million-cash-payment-over-60-hectares-fake-abuja-land-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"WIKE\u2019S FAMILY OF SCANDAL! Nigeria’s FCT Minister, Son, busted in alleged $2.1million Cash Payment over 60 Hectares Fake Abuja Land Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

*Entrepreneur scream aloud, claims FCT minister\u2019s son assured $2 million out of the payment belongs to father while $100,000 share of the transaction was consultation fees<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

*Victim discovered Yahoo<\/em> 419 plots of land sold to him belonged to another person<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

*\u201cI first met the FCT minister\u2019s son, Jordan in London and met again in Abuja three months later when we reached an agreement that he would help facilitate the acquisition of 30 hectares of land at Katampe and another 30 hectares at Guzape at a cost of $2.1 million. I was deceived to deliver $2.1 million in cash at a house located in Gwarinpa, FCT in 2025 to Jordan. I have live witnesses of the event\u201d<\/span>–<\/strong>lament HAMZA Dantani, a businessman<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

*\u201cI did not receive any money from anybody. I did not sign any document for land deal. I only found out that my signature was on the land document just like anyone else in this court\u201d<\/strong><\/span>-JORDAN WIKE tells court<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

*BY MOHAMMED NEHU AHMED\/SPECIAL ANTI-GRAFT EDITOR, Abuja, NAIJA STANDARD NEWSPAPER INC USA<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

CAMPAIGN COORDINATOR of the All Progressives Congress, APC Presidential Campaign Council in Rivers State and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, in the 2027 Election who doubles as the incumbent Minister of Nigeria’s FCT, Nyesom Wike, have a lot of crises he is presently contending to push aside, since his name and that of his first son, Jordan, a lawyer appeared in court documents traceable to a fraudulent transaction of $2.1million cash which allegedly exchanged hands over a fake 60 hectares of land located at Guzape and Katampe.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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*Courtesy: Peoples Gazette newspaper<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

This matter is particularly significant, since<\/span> \u201che who must comes to equity, must come with clean hands,\u201d and any position of authority is expected to serve the people and provide stewardship. Some school of thoughts would rather conjecture that \u201cthere is no smoke without fire\u201d, which is why the matter is now sitting in the court of law facing litigation.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Daring any threats and intimidation, <\/strong>a businessman, Hamza Dantani, has accused the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom, Jordan Wike, of defrauding him of $2.1 million in a deal to purchase hectares of land looted by the politician\u2019s family in Abuja\u2019s Katampe and Guzape districts.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

According to court documents, <\/span><\/strong>Mr. Dantani alleged that he was forced to deliver $2.1 million in cash at a house located in Gwarinpa, FCT in 2025.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The businessman alleged that he first met the <\/span><\/strong>FCT minister\u2019s son in London and met again in Abuja three months later when they reached an agreement that he would help facilitate the acquisition of 30 hectares of land at Katampe and another 30 hectares at Guzape at a cost of $2.1 million.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The court heard how Mr. Dantani how the <\/strong>younger Mr. Wike informed the businessman that $2 million out of the payment belonged to the FCT minister while the son\u2019s share of the transaction was merely $100,000. It was alleged that the payment was made in cash on September 26, 2025<\/strong><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

According to Mr. Dantani, <\/strong>three persons, Adamu Sani, Aliyu Sarki, and Sai Wani were present when the cash was delivered. The court document showed that a companion of the minister\u2019s son, Onor Sandy, witnessed the alleged transaction<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The businessman alleged that following the payment<\/strong>, the FCT minister\u2019s son was out of reach, and he later discovered that the plots of land sold to him belonged to another person<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Mr. Dantani told the court that he made efforts to seek a refund in October 2025 without success, <\/span><\/strong>prompting him to involve the minister<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/strong>businessman met with the FCT minister in December, but the former Rivers governor was uncooperative and even threatened to arrest him, according to court filings<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The younger <\/strong>Mr. Wike, a lawyer, told the court that his signature on the document presented was forged. According to him, he has no link whatsoever with the claimants in the case. During cross-examination, he insisted that he was out of the country around the time he was accused of collecting the money<\/span><\/strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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*PIC: JORDAN WIKE<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI did not receive any money from anybody. I did not sign any document for land deal. I only found out that my signature was on the land document just like anyone else in this court yesterday (Tuesday),\u201d the FCT minister explained. \u201cI never had any friend named Onor Sandy, and I did not have any deal with anyone regarding land deal.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The case was adjourned until December 1, 2 and 14, 2026 for continuation of the trial. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

At the last adjourned date, the court ordered him to produce his travel passport. He produced a photocopy of the passport and undertook to produce the original whenever the court needs it. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The <\/strong>two areas-Katampe and Guzape-that Mr. Dantani said he paid the Wikes for are among the property Peoples Gazette cited in exclusive reports last year exposing how the FCT minister allocated over 3,700 hectares of land in strategic locations in the FCT to his two sons Jordan and Joaquin.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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*PICTURE: NYESOM WIKE, NIGERIA’S EMBATTLED MINISTER OF FCT & SON, JORDAN IN THE EYES OF THE STORM<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The Gazette estimated the plots to be worth around $6.4 billion, with analysts saying the Wikes were not expected to retain all the looted land but intended to resell the properties at lucrative prices.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Attempts made to reach out to the FCT minister on the raging controversy proved abortive.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

*Additional reports from The Gazette newspaper<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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