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A legal representative representing business person Safwan Garba and GY Global Oil and Gas Nigeria Limited has actually advised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to offer an upgrade on a petition declaring scams including $2.1 million versus Jordan Wike, child of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.
The legal representative, Hamza Nuhu Dantani, stated nearly 8 to 9 months had actually expired given that the petition was sent without what his customer thought about significant development or a satisfying upgrade on the examination.
In a different advancement, counsel to Garba and his business, Ibrahim Wuru, has actually asked the Chief Judge of the FCT High Court, Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf, to reassign an associated civil fit to another judge, mentioning issues about the look of impartiality.
The claims versus Jordan stay disputed. He has actually rejected getting the cash and preserved that his signature on the arrangement provided by the plaintiffs was created.
Attorney Seeks EFCC Update on $2.1 m Petition
In a letter dated October 5, 2026, and gotten by the EFCC on October 8, Dantani advised the commission of an earlier petition dated December 11, 2025.
The petition implicated Jordan of supposed scams, getting cash by false pretense, criminal misappropriation and conversion of $2.1 million in connection with a proposed property joint endeavor in Abuja.
According to the attorney, Garba and a witness had actually honoured invites from the anti-graft firm and complied with private investigators.
He revealed issue that the examination had actually supposedly stopped working to produce a significant upgrade in spite of the passage of a number of months.
“However, practically 8 to 9 months have actually expired with no significant upgrade or evident development on the matter,” Dantani mentioned in the letter.
The legal representative even more declared that, to the very best of his customer’s understanding, Jordan had actually not been welcomed or questioned over the claims. He likewise stated his customer had actually not been notified of the factors for the hold-up.
Dantani worried that Garba was not looking for favoritism or trying to affect the result of the examination.
“Our Client does not look for favoritism or an established result. He simply looks for a reasonable, objective, transparent and expeditious examination and equivalent treatment under the law,” the attorney specified.
He advised the EFCC chairman to direct the suitable department to examine the petition, develop the present status of the examination and take any required actions supported by the readily available proof.
The attorney likewise asked for that if detectives developed a prima facie case, the commission must continue in accordance with the law. On the other hand, if the examination discovered no basis for criminal procedures, he asked that his customer be officially notified.
Attorney Seeks Reassignment of Civil Suit
Wuru, counsel to Garba and GY Global Oil and Gas Nigeria Limited, has actually asked for the reassignment of Suit No. CV/008/2026 from Court 2 of the FCT High Court, commanded by Justice Sylvanus Oriji, to another judge.
In a letter dated October 7, 2026, dealt with to the Chief Judge of the FCT High Court, Wuru stated publications distributing on social networks had actually raised issues amongst his customers about supposed geographical, neighborhood and household connections in between the administering judge and Jordan.
The legal representative argued that the situations had actually developed issues about the look of impartiality, triggering his customers to look for an administrative reassignment of the case.
“In specific, the Honourable Judge commanding the matter is from the exact same area/community as the accused, and there exists a close geographical/community and household affinity in between His Lordship and the accused,” Wuru mentioned.
The legal representative specifically clarified that his customers were not implicating Justice Oriji of real predisposition or questioning his expert stability and proficiency.
“Our customers do not similarly declare real predisposition versus His Lordship, the administering Judge,” he stated.
According to Wuru, the application was planned to avoid any sensible understanding that the procedures may not be carried out with total impartiality.
“Rather, the demand is established on the requirement to prevent situations efficient in producing a sensible understanding or apprehension that the matter might not be figured out with the needed look of total impartiality,” he included.
He advised the Chief Judge to exercise his administrative powers to reassign the matter in the interest of public self-confidence in the judiciary.
The legal representative likewise stressed that any choice to move the case needs to not be analyzed as a negative finding versus Justice Oriji.
How the $2.1 m Dispute Began
The conflict centres on a proposed realty joint endeavor including real estate advancements in Guzape Extension and Katampe New Extension in Abuja.
According to the complaintants, the celebrations participated in a plan under which Jordan was to supply 3.2 hectares of land for the proposed advancement, while Garba was to contribute $4.2 million towards building and construction.
Garba declares that he paid $2.1 million in money on October 17, 2025, as part of the arrangement.
The business person declares that the proposed advancement did not materialise, leading to the legal conflict.
Garba and GY Global Oil and Gas Nigeria Limited are asking the court to buy Jordan to reimburse the contested $2.1 million, together with 100 million in damages and other reliefs.
Jordan has actually turned down the accusation that he got the cash and challenged the credibility of the arrangement trusted by the plaintiffs.
Throughout procedures on September 30, 2026, he supposedly rejected understanding an individual provided as a witness to the disputed arrangement.
“I do not understand him. I didn’t gather or sign any file,” Jordan informed the court.
He has actually kept that his signature on the contract was created.
The claims have actually not been developed by a court, and the civil disagreement stays pending.
Court Fixes December Dates for Trial
The FCT High Court has actually adjourned procedures in the matter to December 1, 2 and 14, 2026, for the extension of trial.
The current advancements have actually put restored attention on both the civil disagreement and the status of the criminal claims described the EFCC.
While Garba’s legal representatives are looking for an upgrade on the petition and reassignment of the civil fit, the impressive concerns consist of the present status of the EFCC examination and the ultimate decision of the disputed arrangement and supposed payment.
The EFCC’s action to the current demand was not consisted of in the info offered for this report. No conclusion can for that reason be drawn from the hold-up declared by the petitioner’s legal representative relating to the commission’s position or the benefits of the grievance.
TRACKNEWS ONLINE will continue to follow advancements in the event, consisting of any main action from the EFCC, the result of the reassignment demand and additional procedures before the FCT High Court.
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