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Sowore alleges $6m Florida mansions bought with illicit funds
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Says purchases were concealed under names of Wike’s children
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Calls for visa ban, sanctions, and criminal prosecution under U.S. law
Activist Omoyele Sowore has petitioned the Attorney-General of Florida, James Uthmeier, seeking the prosecution of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over alleged money laundering and unlawful foreign property acquisitions.
In a petition dated September 22, 2025, signed by his lawyer Deji Adeyanju, Sowore accused Wike of secretly acquiring three multimillion-dollar luxury properties in Winter Springs, Seminole County, Florida, between 2021 and 2023, using cash transactions allegedly designed to conceal the illicit source of funds.
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The petition referenced Peoples Gazette’s September 1 exclusive investigation and attached three claim deeds as evidence. Sowore alleged that Wike, working with his wife Justice Eberechi Nyesom-Wike of Nigeria’s Court of Appeal, deployed a scheme that transferred ownership of the mansions to their children — Jordan (25), Joaquin (23), and Jazmyne (20) — in order to evade scrutiny.
The identified homes include:
113 Springcreek Lane – purchased for $535,000 in cash, later transferred to Jordan Wike.
209 Hertherwood Court – purchased for $459,157 in cash, later transferred to Joaquin Wike.
208 Hertherwood Court – purchased for $465,000 in cash, later transferred to Jazmyne Wike.
According to Sowore, the use of quitclaim deeds — a mechanism often employed for intra-family transfers — enabled Wike to conceal the real ownership and the alleged illicit trail of funds.
“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.
Sowore further claimed that Wike failed to declare these assets to Nigeria’s Code of Conduct Bureau, in breach of the Fifth Schedule of the 1999 Constitution which mandates full disclosure of assets by public officials.
The petition cited multiple statutes allegedly violated, including the Florida Money Laundering Act (§896.101, Fla. Stat.), the Contraband Forfeiture Act (§932.701–707, Fla. Stat.), and U.S. federal laws on money laundering (18 U.S.C. §1956 and §1957).
Sowore urged the Florida Attorney-General to:
Investigate the source of funds used for the acquisitions,
Institute forfeiture proceedings against the properties,
Commence criminal prosecution against those complicit, and
Impose visa bans and sanctions on 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.
When contacted, Wike’s spokesman, Mr Lere Olayinka, did not respond to requests for comment on the petition.
The petition deepens international pressure on Wike, who has faced repeated scrutiny over alleged corruption but has consistently denied wrongdoing.
