A businessman, Hamza Dantani, has accused the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and his first son, Jordan Wike, of defrauding him of $2.1 million in a deal to purchase hectares of land looted by the politician’s family in Abuja’s Katampe and Guzape districts.
According to court documents, Dantani alleged that he was forced to deliver $2.1 million in cash at a house located in Gwarinpa, FCT in 2025.
The businessman alleged that he first met the FCT minister’s son in London and met again in Abuja three months later when they reached an agreement that he would help facilitate the acquisition of 30 hectares of land at Katampe and another 30 hectares at Guzape at a cost of $2.1 million.
The court heard from Dantani how the younger Wike informed the businessman that $2 million out of the payment belonged to the FCT minister while the son’s share of the transaction was merely $100,000. It was alleged that the payment was made in cash on September 26, 2025.
According to Dantani, three persons, Adamu Sani, Aliyu Sarki, and Sai Wani were present when the cash was delivered. The court document showed that a companion of the minister’s son, Onor Sandy, witnessed the alleged transaction.
The businesseman alleged that following the payment, the FCT minister’s son was out of reach and he later discovered that the plots of land sold to him belonged to another person.
Dantani told the court that he made efforts to seek a refund in October 2025 without success, prompting him to involve the minister.
The businessman met with the FCT minister in December, but the former Rivers governor was uncooperative and even threatened to arrest him, according to court filings.
The two areas—Katampe and Guzape—that Dantani said he paid the Wikes for are among the property cited PG in exclusive reports last year exposing how the FCT minister allocated over 3,700 hectares of land in strategic locations in the FCT to his two sons Jordan and Joaquin.
The publication estimated the plots to be worth around $6.4 billion, with analysts saying the Wikes were not expected to retain all the looted land but intended to resell the properties at lucrative prices.
Meanwhile, Jordan Wike on Wednesday submitted his American passport before the court in the case involving an alleged $2.1 million land transaction.
The document was presented before a judge, Sylvanus Oriji, during the continuation of proceedings in a suit filed by Safwan Garba GY and GY Global Oil and Gas Nigeria Limited against the minister’s son, Premium Times reported.
The passport became central to the case after Jordan told the court on Monday, September 28, that he was outside Nigeria on September 26, 2025, the date the claimants alleged that he received the $2.1 million.
With PG report