Sahara Reporters founder, journalist, and former presidential candidate Mr Omoyele Sowore, has officially petitioned the Attorney General of Florida regarding properties allegedly unlawfully acquired in Florida by FCT Minister Nyesom Wike.

In the petition, Sowore urged the State of Florida to forfeit the identified properties, prosecute those involved, and impose a visa ban on Mr. Wike.

The petition, which was signed by Sowore’s lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, also called for U.S. authorities to impose sanctions and visa bans on the minister.

According to the petition, which references a report from the Peoples Gazette dated September 1, Mr. Wike and his wife, Justice Eberechi Nyesom-Wike of Nigeria’s Court of Appeal, secretly purchased three luxury lakeside homes in Winter Springs, Seminole County, between 2021 and 2023. The properties, now valued at over $6 million, were reportedly transferred to their children: Jordan, 25, Joaquin, 23, and Jazmyne, 20.

The identified homes include:

– 113 Springcreek Lane, purchased for $535,000 and transferred to Jordan
– 209 Hertherwood Court, purchased for $459,157 and transferred to Joaquin
– 208 Hertherwood Court, purchased for $465,000 and transferred to Jazmyne

The petition alleges that all three purchases were made in cash using quitclaim deeds, a transfer mechanism often utilized within families but susceptible to exploitation for concealing illicit funds.

“These transactions, executed in cash and hidden under the names of his children, indicate a deliberate scheme to launder the proceeds of corruption into U.S. real estate,” the petition asserts.

Sowore further alleges that the properties were not declared to Nigeria’s Code of Conduct Bureau, violating the Fifth Schedule of the 1999 Constitution, which requires public officials to disclose all assets.