Justice Silvanus of High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, has ordered Jordan Ezenwo Nyesom-Wike, son of the FCT Minister, to produce his American passport in court.
The court made the order following an application by Counsel to the claimants, Hamza Dantani, during the defendant’s defence, in an alleged $2.1 million fraud case.
The suit, marked CV/008/2026, was filed by Safwan Garba GY and GY Global Oil and Gas Nigeria Limited against Jordan, who is the son of FCT Minister Nyesom Wike.
The claimants said they met Jordan in London, where they developed a friendship and after about three months, they met again in Abuja, where they approached him for assistance to facilitate the acquisition of land in the Federal Capital Territory.
The claimants claim that Jordan agreed to facilitate the acquisition of 30 hectares of land at Katampe and 30 hectares at Guzape. They alleged that Jordan told them the facilitation fee was $2.1 million, adding that $2 million was for his father, the FCT Minister, while $100,000 was his personal fee.
They further alleged that the cash was delivered on September 26, 2025 in the presence of Adamu Sani, Aliyu Sarki, and Sai Wani, while Jordan was accompanied by one Onor Sandy.
The claimants said after receiving the money, Jordan neither delivered the land nor returned the money, and instead went incommunicado.
At the resumed sitting, Jordan adopted his statement on oath and denied all the claims of the claimants.
He was represented by Mr. Ogwu Onoja, SAN, and some documents were tendered through the defendant.
During cross-examination by the claimants’ counsel, Hamza Dantani, Jordan denied any knowledge of what the counsel was talking about.
Dantani applied to the court for Jordan to write his full name on a plain paper five times and his signature the same number of times. The court granted the application, which was not opposed by the defence.
When asked where he was on September 26, 2025, he said he was not in the country.
Asked which passport he travelled with, he said his American passport, but that he could produce it if asked.
Dantani then applied to the court to have the passport produced in court. Justice Oriji then ordered that the passport be produced.
The court adjourned until Wednesday for continuation.
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