Jordan Ezenwo Nyesom-Wike, son of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has denied any involvement in an alleged $2.1 million land transaction before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, insisting that he neither received money from the claimants nor signed the document being relied upon against him.
Jordan, a lawyer, told the court during cross-examination that the signature appearing on the disputed land document was forged and that he had no relationship whatsoever with the claimants, Safwan Garba GY and GY Global Oil and Gas Nigeria Limited, who instituted the suit against him.
Justice Sylvanus Oriji, sitting at the FCT High Court in Maitama, subsequently adjourned the matter to December 1, 2 and 14, 2026, for continuation of trial. The case is marked CV/008/2026.
Under cross-examination by counsel to the claimants, Hamza Dantani, Jordan specifically denied receiving the alleged $2.1 million or executing any document acknowledging such payment.
“I 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,” he told the court.
“I never had any friend named Onor Sandy and I did not have any deal with anyone regarding land deal.”
The denial goes to the heart of the claimants’ case, which alleges that Jordan agreed to facilitate the acquisition of 30 hectares of land at Katampe and another 30 hectares at Guzape, Abuja, and demanded $2.1 million as a facilitation fee. According to their account, $2 million was allegedly meant for his father, the FCT Minister, while $100,000 was allegedly Jordan’s personal fee. These allegations remain unproven and are being contested by Jordan.
The claimants further allege that the money was delivered in cash on September 26, 2025, in the presence of Adamu Sani, Aliyu Sarki and Sai Wani, while Jordan was allegedly accompanied by a person they identified as Onor Sandy. They claim the proposed land transaction was subsequently not completed and the money was not returned.
Jordan denied that account in its entirety.
He told the court that he was not even in Nigeria at about the time the claimants alleged that the money was handed to him.
His whereabouts on September 26, 2025 had become a central issue at the previous sitting when Dantani questioned him about his movements on that date.
Jordan had told the court that he was outside Nigeria and had travelled with his American passport. Following that evidence, counsel to the claimants applied for an order directing him to produce the passport so that the court could examine it.
Justice Oriji granted the application.
At Wednesday’s resumed proceedings, the passport was produced in compliance with the earlier order. Reports of the proceedings indicate that a copy was retained for the court’s purposes and the document was returned, with the defence required to make it available whenever subsequently needed in the trial.
The production of the passport followed Jordan’s contention that he was abroad on the date on which the claimants say the alleged payment occurred.
At the previous sitting, Dantani had also applied for Jordan to write his full name and signature five times each on plain sheets of paper.
The defence did not oppose the application and Justice Oriji granted it. The step followed Jordan’s denial of the signature attributed to him on documents being relied upon by the claimants.
Jordan, who is represented by Ogwu Onoja, SAN, had earlier adopted his statement on oath and denied the allegations put forward by the claimants.
During cross-examination, he also denied knowledge of several documents and transactions put to him by Dantani.
His formal defence goes further. According to reports of his Notice of Intention to Defend and supporting affidavit, Jordan maintains that he does not know the claimants and has never met them either in London, Nigeria or elsewhere.
He also denies receiving $2.1 million or signing an acknowledgment for any such payment and maintains that the signature on the document relied upon by the claimants was forged.
Jordan has also challenged identifying details contained in the alleged acknowledgment. According to his defence, the passport number appearing on the document was not his current passport number, and the passport bearing the number referred to by the claimants had expired in 2022. He described the allegations as an attempt to blackmail his father and obtain money from him. That remains Jordan’s defence and has not yet been adjudicated upon by the court.
The claimants’ case, however, is that they initially met Jordan in London, developed a relationship with him and subsequently met him again in Abuja, where they sought his assistance in obtaining land in the Federal Capital Territory.
They allege that he represented that he could facilitate the acquisition of the Katampe and Guzape properties and demanded the $2.1 million payment.
According to the claimants, Jordan subsequently neither delivered the land nor refunded the alleged payment.
Court filings reported in connection with the litigation also refer to an alleged joint venture agreement dated October 17, 2025, involving the claimants, Jordan and two companies — Apostle Associate Limited and Creekstone General Contractor Ltd.
Under the arrangement alleged by the claimants, the proposed venture was for the construction of 24 units of six-bedroom fully detached duplexes on land at Guzape New Extension and Katampe New Extension.
The claimants say they were to contribute $4.2 million, or its naira equivalent of N6.3 billion, while Jordan was expected to provide the plots of land. They further allege that he insisted that money be provided in United States dollars. Jordan denies the transaction and the alleged payment.
The defence has also pointed to what it says are inconsistencies in the accounts of the alleged transaction.
According to Jordan’s filings as reported, an earlier letter addressed to his father and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission allegedly stated that the payment was made on September 26, 2025. Jordan maintains that at about the relevant period he was travelling from Abuja to London aboard a British Airways flight and has relied on his travel history as part of his defence.
It was against that background that the claimants sought the production of his American passport during cross-examination.
The court has not made any finding on whether the disputed signature is genuine, whether the alleged $2.1 million was paid, whether Jordan entered into the alleged land transaction, or whether any money was intended for the FCT Minister.
The allegations against Jordan and references to his father therefore remain claims by the plaintiffs which are being challenged by the defence and are subject to determination by Justice Oriji.
With Wednesday’s proceedings concluded, Justice Oriji adjourned the case to December 1, December 2 and December 14, 2026, when the parties are expected to continue the trial and presentation of their respective cases.
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