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No Visa for corrupt Nigerian politicians, officials, US warns amid petition against Wike

Aminu Danladi by Aminu Danladi
September 25, 2025
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The United States has warned that corrupt Nigerian officials risk visa restrictions, stressing that accountability for graft has no borders.

In a statement posted Monday on its official X handle, the U.S. Mission in Nigeria said: “Fighting corruption knows no borders or limits on accountability. Even when high-profile individuals engage in corruption, they can be barred from receiving U.S. visas.”

The warning comes after rights activist and Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, petitioned the Attorney General of Florida, James Uthmeier, seeking prosecution and sanctions against the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over alleged illicit property acquisitions in the United States.

In the petition dated September 22, 2025, and signed by his lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, Sowore alleged that Wike, with the help of his wife, Justice Eberechi Nyesom-Wike of Nigeria’s Court of Appeal, secretly acquired three lakeside homes in Winter Springs, Seminole County, Florida, worth over $6 million between 2021 and 2023.

According to the petition, the properties—purchased in cash through quitclaim deeds—were subsequently transferred to their three adult children.

They include a 5,000 sq. ft. residence at 113 Springcreek Lane bought for $535,000 and transferred to Jordan Wike (25); a 3,401 sq. ft. home at 209 Hertherwood Court acquired for $459,157 and transferred to Joaquin Wike (23); and a 3,901 sq. ft. house at 208 Hertherwood Court purchased for $465,000 and transferred to Jazmyne Wike (20).

Sowore claimed the transactions were structured to conceal illicit funds, stressing that Wike’s legitimate earnings since joining public service in 1999 could not sustain such multi-million-dollar acquisitions.

He further noted that the assets were undeclared to Nigeria’s Code of Conduct Bureau, in violation of constitutional provisions.

Citing U.S. and Florida anti-money laundering laws, Sowore described the acquisitions as a “deliberate scheme to launder the proceeds of corruption into U.S. real estate.”

He also referenced the U.S. Department of Justice’s Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative, which targets foreign officials who launder public wealth into American properties, urging U.S. authorities to act.

“Although the named grantor in the quitclaim deeds is his wife, Honourable Justice Eberechi Suzzette Nyesom-Wike, it is evident that the acquisitions and subsequent transfers to their children were undertaken in concert with her husband,” the petition alleged.

Neither Wike nor his representatives have responded publicly to the allegations.

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