Former presidential candidate of African Action Congress in the 2023 general elections, Omoyele Sowore, has dropped a fresh heap of documents exposing how Eberechi Suzzette, the wife of the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, transferred ownership of three properties in Florida, United States, to their three children.
Taking to his X (formerly Twitter) handle, the human rights activist released Quit Claim Deeds, where the affected properties were handed over to Jordan, Joaquim, and Jasmyne, who are the children of the FCT minister.
Sowore, who has been running a verbal war with the FCT minister, claimed that the transfer of those properties located in Winter Springs, Florida, were done in 2023, a time when Wike was about to leave office as Rivers state governor.
The Nigerian Voice understands that a quit claim deed is a legal document that quickly transfers real estate ownership without guaranteeing a clear title. They are commonly used between family members as an easiest way to change property title.
The activist alleged that the assets were deliberately hidden under the name of Wike’s wife, who is also a serving judge at Nigeria’s Court of Appeal.
He further claimed that with the fresh discovery, there could be possibilities that the minister has a fourth property in Florida at 113 Spring Creek Lane, Winter Springs.
“These are the Quit Claim Deeds that Nyesom Ezenwo Wike – CON, GSSRS, and his wife Eberechi Suzzette Nyesom-Wike, a Court of Appeal judge, used to transfer three different Florida properties into the names of their children Jordan, Joaquim, and Jasmyne,” Sowore’s post partly read.
“These transfers were done in 2023, but Mr. International Thief said he was not aware. With this discovery, it is now also clear that Wike has a fourth property in Florida at 113 Spring Creek Lane, Winter Springs, FL 32708.
“This explains why Wike boasted on Channels Television that he “didn’t know” his wife and children owned mansions in the United States. But the international thief has now been caught in his own web of lies. By the way, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike – CON, GSSRS was due for follow-up treatment for a new ailment and chest infection that recently kept him in London for two weeks, which he was going to do under the guise of attending the UN General Assembly with Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu but yesterday the VP, Kashim Shettima was asked to lead the delegation with 7 other ministers, Wike decided to bail out and several state governors have also been told to stay back for now. There is no hiding place anymore.”
Providing explanation on the use of quitclaim deed, Sowore said corrupt officials exploit it “to launder stolen wealth.”
He further wrote, “A Quit Claim Deed is one of the simplest property transfer documents in U.S. real estate law. It allows one person, the grantor, to sign over whatever ownership interest they may have in a property to another person, the grantee. Crucially, it offers no guarantees the grantor makes no promise that the title is valid, clear, or even legitimate. In short, it transfers “whatever interest” the grantor has, nothing more.
“Ordinarily, quit claim deeds are used for routine family transactions, a husband adding a wife to a title, parents transferring property to children, or heirs resolving paperwork after an inheritance. Because they bypass warranties and detailed title checks, they are cheap, quick, and often escape close scrutiny.
“But this simplicity is exactly why kleptocrats love them. Corrupt officials exploit “quit claim deeds” to launder stolen wealth. By transferring properties into the names of wives, children, or other relatives, they hide their true ownership. On paper, the transactions appear to be ordinary family planning. In reality, they are deliberate strategies to conceal the original source of illicit funds. No public sale, no market-value exchange, no visible money trail, just the quiet concealment of corruption beneath harmless looking paperwork.
“This is precisely what Wike has done. Properties in Florida, purchased with the proceeds of corruption, were quietly moved into the names of his wife, herself a senior judicial officer in Nigeria, and their children. The pattern is a textbook case of laundering stolen Nigerian wealth into U.S. real estate, using quit claim deeds as legal camouflage.
“Under U.S. law, such transactions amount to money laundering and trafficking in stolen property, serious crimes punishable under both state and federal statutes. They are also subject to asset seizure and forfeiture under the U.S. Department of Justice’s Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative.
“Wike’s Florida deeds are the very trail of corruption, the very evidence that US prosecutors need to unravel his kleptocracy and reclaim assets stolen from the people of Nigeria.”
While the social media aide to FCT minister, Lere Olayinka, could not be immediately reached for comment on the development, he had earlier asserted that his principal never denied his wife’s assets.
In a Facebook post on Sunday, he wrote, “Someone is sourcing PUBLIC DOCUMENTS that are readily available on the websites of institutions concerned and making noise about them. “The question is, did Wike deny that his wife has properties in the US? No, he didn’t.”
