Human rights activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, has petitioned the Attorney General of Florida, Hon. James Uthmeier, seeking the forfeiture and prosecution of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, over illicit property acquisitions in the United States.
The outcome of Sowore's petition to the attorney general of Florida, James Uthmeier, may lead to prosecution, imprisonment or ban of FCT, Nyesom Wike, for alleged money laundering and the forfeiture of multimillion-dollar properties in the U.S. over unlawful acquisition.
Citing Peoples Gazette’s September 1 exclusive report alongside three claim deeds as exhibits in the petition dated September 22, 2025, and signed by his lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, Mr Sowore narrated how Mr Wike, with the help of his wife, Justice Eberechi Nyesom-Wike of Nigeria’s Court of Appeal, secretly bought three luxury lakeside homes in Winter Springs, Seminole County, Florida, between 2021 and 2023. The properties, now valued at over $6 million, were subsequently transferred to their children, Jordan, Joaquin, and Jazmyne Wike, aged 25, 23, and 20, respectively.
The petition identified the properties as 113 Springcreek Lane (purchased for $535,000 in cash and transferred to Jordan Wike), 209 Hertherwood Court (purchased for $459,157 in cash and transferred to Joaquin Wike), and 208 Hertherwood Court (purchased for $465,000 in cash and transferred to Jazmyne Wike).
According to the petition, the acquisitions were executed entirely in cash through quitclaim deeds, a mechanism often used in family transfers but vulnerable to abuse in concealing illicit wealth.
He alleged that Mr Wike deliberately employed this method to conceal the true ownership of the assets and evade financial oversight.
“These transactions, executed in cash and hidden under the names of his children, form a deliberate scheme to launder the proceeds of corruption into U.S. real estate,” the petition stated
Mr Sowore claimed that the properties were never declared to Nigeria’s Code of Conduct Bureau, in violation of the Fifth Schedule of the 1999 Constitution, which requires public officers to disclose all their assets.
The petition cited multiple U.S. and Florida laws allegedly breached, including the Florida Money Laundering Act (§896.101, Fla. Stat.), the Contraband Forfeiture Act (§932.701–707, Fla. Stat.), and U.S. federal statutes on money laundering (18 U.S.C. §1956 and §1957).
It requested that the Florida attorney general investigate the source of funds used for the acquisitions and, if confirmed to be illicit, commence forfeiture proceedings, institute criminal prosecution against those who facilitated the purchases, and impose visa bans and sanctions on Mr Wike.
“This brazen conduct, combined with his unexplained foreign acquisitions, suggests that Florida is being used as a safe haven for laundering the proceeds of corruption,” the petition said.
Mr Wike’s spokesman, Lere Olayinka, did not immediately respond to requests seeking comments on the petition.
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