Two senior lawyers have publicly traded accusations over an ongoing High Court case in which claimants allege that Jordan Nyesom-Wike, son of the Federal Capital Territory Minister, collected $2.1 million to facilitate land allocations in Abuja.
Dr. Ogwu Onoja, SAN, counsel to Jordan, accused Ibrahim Waru, who represents the claimants, of spreading lies and distorting the court record in a bid to damage his client’s reputation. Onoja said Jordan had “openly denied any involvement” during his testimony and insisted he never met the claimants or received any money from them.
“This haze of lies and malicious fabrication appears to be an orchestrated media campaign intended to whip up sentiments, compromise the mind of the public and intimidate the judge,” Onoja stated. He noted that Jordan maintained under oath on 28 and 30 September 2026 that he had never met Safwan Garba G.Y. or any of his agents, and questioned why Waru was granting interviews nearly a month later at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
Waru responded on Wednesday, standing by his earlier interview. In a rejoinder, he said everything he stated was drawn from the court record in suit No.
FCT/HC/CV/008/2026, including a signature of Jordan on an acknowledgement receipt for the $2.1 million paid by Safwan Garba GY on 17 October 2025. Waru said the signature matches the one on Jordan’s witness statement on oath and specimens he provided in the witness box when asked to sign five times.
“Despite the claim of Jordan Wike denying ever knowing or meeting Safwan Garba GY, the WhatsApp chats, whose number Jordan Wike admitted to be his, not only confirmed the familiarity between the duo but also established discussion and understanding regarding the giving and taking of the sum of $2.1m,” Waru said. He added that the interview was meant to correct distorted accounts circulating on social media and contained “no lie or fabrication whatsoever.”
According to the claimants, they approached Jordan for help securing 30 hectares in Katampe and another 30 hectares in Guzape. They alleged an initial meeting took place in London, followed by another in Abuja about three months later. They claimed Jordan demanded $2.1 million — $2 million said to be for his father and $100,000 as his own fee and that the money was handed over on 26 September 2025 in the presence of three witnesses, with Jordan accompanied by one Onor Sandy. After receiving the funds, they said, he neither secured the land nor refunded the money and later became unreachable.
Jordan has denied the allegations, telling the court he was not in the country on the date the claimants said the money was delivered and that he had no such dealings with them.
Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the Abuja High Court has fixed 1 December for the resumption of hearing after admitting Jordan’s international passport in evidence. Waru also noted that his team submitted additional documents to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on 13 February in support of a petition against Jordan, but said the agency had yet to act.
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