By Kingston Magare 22.9.2025
Activist and founder of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore has filed a petition at a US Court in Florida USA urging the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to explain his alleged ownership of multimillion-dollar properties in Florida.
The petition dated September 22, 2025, and signed by Sowore’s lawyer Deji Adeyanju also asked Florida State attorney general, James Uthmeier, to prosecute Mr. Wike for alleged money laundering and also initiate forfeiture proceedings against the assets.
According to reports by Peoples Gazette on September 1, 2025, Wike allegedly purchased the property through his wife Justice Eberechi Nyesom-Wike who is a Nigerian Appeal Court judge. The three luxury lakeside homes are located in Winter Springs, Seminole County, were purcahsed 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 are: 113 Springcreek Lane, bought for $535,000 and transferred to Jordan; 209 Hertherwood Court, bought for $459,157 and transferred to Joaquin; and 208 Hertherwood Court, bought for $465,000 and transferred to Jazmyne.
“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.
According to Mr. Sowore the properties were never declared to Nigeria’s Code of Conduct Bureau, thereby breaching the Fifth Schedule of the 1999 Constitution, which requires public officers to disclose all assets.
He also cited several U.S. and Florida laws 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 statutes on money laundering (18 U.S.C. §1956 and §1957).
“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 added.
Wike and Sowore...rumble in Florida.