REM To President Tinubu: Sack Wike Now Over $6 Million U.S. Properties Scandal

The Rivers Emancipation Movement (REM) calls on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to immediately sack the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief Nyesom Wike, over grave corruption and money laundering allegations.

Credible whistleblower reports, backed by public records and quitclaim deeds, reveal that between July 2021 and September 2023, Mr. Wike and his wife, Justice Suzette Wike, acquired three multimillion-dollar lakeside properties in Florida, USA, worth over $6 million. These assets were later transferred to their children, Jordan, Joaquin, and Jazmyne, in suspicious cash-only transactions.

As a lifelong public servant with no verifiable private enterprise, Mr. Wike’s official earnings over 27 years cannot justify such staggering wealth. The whistleblower has petitioned the Attorney General of Florida, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria under the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative, demanding seizure of the properties and prosecution.

Shockingly, the usually loud and boastful Wike has remained silent, offering no defense or clarification. His silence is deafening.

Mr. President, you told the world in Brazil that your administration is committed to fighting corruption. This is the moment to prove it. Nigerians already accuse your government of tolerating sleaze. Keeping Wike in your cabinet only reinforces those claims.

Our demands are clear:

1. Sack Nyesom Wike immediately as FCT Minister.
2. Order an independent investigation into his finances.
3. Support international collaboration to recover these illicit assets for Nigerians.

History is watching, Mr. President. A man with such a sleaze baggage has no business in your cabinet. Act now. Sack Wike.

Signed:
Zoe Solomon Tamunotonye
Convener and Spokeperson,
Rivers Emancipation Movement (REM)
Port Harcourt, Rivers State.