Human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has insisted that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, should be held accountable under United States law if he accompanies President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Sowore alleged that Wike is linked to money laundering activities tied to properties in the United States, particularly in Florida. He claimed that several mansions were acquired through illicit funds and registered under the names of Wike’s wife, Justice Eberechi Suzzette Nyesom-Wike, and their children, as a means of concealing ownership.
According to Sowore, the alleged financial dealings fall within the scope of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative, which targets foreign public officials involved in corruption, recovers stolen assets laundered into or through the U.S., and seeks to return them to the citizens of affected nations.
He argued that Wike should face possible indictment under Florida’s anti-money laundering laws in addition to U.S. federal statutes, while calling for the seizure of the properties allegedly linked to him. Sowore maintained that such measures would demonstrate America’s resolve in combating kleptocracy and transnational corruption.
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