Wike’s Son Allegedly Received $2.85Bn Abuja Land via Father’s Office
Jordan Wike, the 25-year-old son of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike, was allegedly allocated over 1,740 hectares of prime Abuja land valued at $2.85 billion through a shell company tied to his father’s office.
The land, reportedly seized from original owners under dubious claims of non-compliance, was transferred to Jordan Farms and Estates Ltd, a company registered on the same day and at the same address as Joaq Farms Ltd, the firm through which his younger brother, Joaquin Wike, had earlier secured 2,082 hectares worth $3.6 billion.
Together, the Wike brothers now reportedly control nearly 3,822 hectares of FCT land, valued at an estimated $6.45 billion.
The plots are located in highly coveted areas such as Maitama, Guzape, Garki, Bwari, and Sheretti Cheche.
In one notable case, a statutory fee of ₦807 million for land in Sheretti Cheche was allegedly reduced to just ₦100 million, of which only ₦10 million was reportedly paid.
Peoples Gazette also linked Minister Wike to two additional shell companies Hyper Communications Ltd and Hyper Station Ltd all connected to the same Wuse II address and alleged to have
received land allocations.
Evidence from land records, internal memos, WhatsApp exchanges, and pickup logs suggest the minister may have personally facilitated or approved many of the allocations.
Despite this, Wike’s spokesman Lere Olayinka has denied all wrongdoing, claiming any overlaps in names and addresses were purely coincidental.
Senior FCT officials, however, describe the situation as potentially more far-reaching than any land scandal under previous ministers.
Though President Bola Tinubu has reportedly ordered a probe, no formal update has been provided to the public.
Anti-corruption agencies like the EFCC and ICPC are said to be quietly monitoring the situation but may be reluctant to act while Wike remains in office, raising fears of high-level impunity.
Civil society organizations are now calling for an immediate suspension of all questionable allocations and a public, independent investigation into the allegations that have thrown the credibility of land governance in the FCT into serious doubt.
