Jordan, son of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has been dragged earlier than the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over his alleged involvement in a botched $2.1m land transaction within the nation’s capital.
This is simply as Justice Silvanus Oriji of the FCT High Court mounted December 1 for the continuation of the civil swimsuit marked: CV/008/2026, which the claimants filed towards Jordan.
Wike’s son was taken to the Court after the alleged failed actual property transaction with the 2 claimants – Safwan Garba GY and GY Global Oil and Gas Nigeria Limited.
Daily Trust experiences that the claimants are in search of to recuperate the $2.1m they allegedly paid to Jordan in reference to a proposed property improvement enterprise involving land in Katampe and Guzape.
Speaking to journalists on Monday on the courtroom premises, counsel to the claimants, Ibrahim Waru revealed that the EFCC had acknowledged receipt of the plaintiff’s petition, including that the anti-graft company was but to act on it.
According to him, the civil side of the dispute is already pending earlier than the High Court of the FCT, whereas the petition was filed so the EFCC might examine the alleged felony parts.
The petition, a duplicate of which was sighted by our correspondent, the claimants’ consultant met Jordan in London, the place the 2 developed a rapport.
They defined that after returning to Nigeria, Jordan allegedly promised to facilitate the acquisition of land within the FCT, claiming he routinely did so and had his father’s information and approval.
The petition stated that, to bolster these claims, he positioned a phone name to his father within the claimant’s presence.
He then allegedly assured the claimant that he might safe 30 hectares in Katampe and 30 hectares in Guzape.
It alleged that Jordan demanded and obtained $2 million because the payment he would ship to his father to facilitate the allocation, and an extra $100,000 as his private facilitation payment.
The sums had been allegedly paid in money within the presence of two witnesses, Adamu Sani and Aliyu Sarki. Jordan was stated to have been accompanied by one Onor Sandy, whom he launched as a good friend and affiliate.
The petition stated he promised to ship the allocations inside a month however failed to achieve this and have become incommunicado.
The UK telephone quantity he provided is now not reachable, it added, and efforts to attain him, together with by way of folks recognized to the minister, failed.
The petitioners cited Section 1(1) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act. They requested the EFCC to start an instantaneous investigation, arrest and interrogate Jordan, and prosecute him if felony legal responsibility is established.
They stated they had been prepared to present witnesses and additional info, and hooked up an acknowledgment of fee allegedly signed by him.
Waru stated the proof of proof additionally included correspondence and WhatsApp exchanges, which he stated confirmed the cash was handed over at a home in Gwarinpa, Abuja, within the presence of two witnesses.
Jordan has denied the allegation. He instructed the courtroom he was not within the nation on the date the claimants stated they handed over the cash, and tendered his worldwide passport in help.
He stated he travelled out of Nigeria on his American passport inside the interval the claimants stated they met him in Abuja.
Although the case was adjourned for continuation of listening to, the claimants have petitioned the Chief Judge of the courtroom to take away Justice Oriji from the matter, citing his alleged relationship with the household of the FCT Minister.
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