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OPINION: It’s Time for Tinubu to Let Wike Face the Law

Allegations against the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, have multiplied across credible sources. It is now time for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), and President Bola Tinubu to step up and ensure that accountability is not selective.

Reports indicate that Wike has been accused of allocating over 2,000 hectares of prime Abuja land to his son, Joaquin Wike, through a company called Joaq Farms and Estates Ltd. The parcels are said to be located in high-value districts such as Maitama, Asokoro, Guzape, Bwari, Gaduwa, and Kwaita, with their collective worth running into billions of naira. Civil society groups like the National Citizens Action Network Against Trafficking (NACAT) have also alleged that Wike allocated plots to friends and political allies, sidelining ordinary citizens and legitimate investors.

Some of these allocations reportedly came after the controversial revocation of existing titles belonging to owners who had met their obligations, including paying ground rent and developing their plots, only for the same lands to be reallocated to insiders. One case that drew public outrage involved a four-hectare estate in Karu, Abuja, known as Plot 584, Cad Zone E08. The property, which had full government approval and met regulatory conditions, was demolished without notice, fuelling claims of abuse of power and personal interest.

These are not trivial allegations. If proven true, they represent not only an ethical lapse but also a systemic failure that weakens public confidence in institutions. They suggest that land administration in the FCT has become a tool for political reward, not public service. Such conduct undermines Nigeria’s image as a country committed to transparent governance and deepens the culture of impunity that has plagued the public sector for decades.

The EFCC and ICPC can no longer afford to sit idly by. This is not a matter that should be buried in bureaucracy or reduced to partisan noise. Both agencies must launch independent investigations, scrutinise land allocation records, trace ownership structures of implicated companies, and determine whether due process was followed. Democracy thrives on accountability, and impunity corrodes it.

President Tinubu also cannot look away. As minister of the FCT, Wike reports directly to him. Allegations of land grabbing, selective enforcement, and asset accumulation by family members demand presidential oversight. The perception that the presidency is shielding one of its own from scrutiny undermines Tinubu’s “renewed hope” agenda and weakens public confidence in his anti-corruption stance. Leadership, in this instance, requires visible and decisive action.

Even the EFCC’s own rhetoric supports this. “The days of impunity are gone,” former acting chairman Ibrahim Magu once declared. EFCC chairman Ola Olukoyede echoed this sentiment, warning that “any form of support offered to corrupt elements may have detrimental effects on the fight against corruption.” Those words must now be matched with courage and applied without fear or favour, even to members of the political elite.

The call for action is clear. Anti-graft agencies must commence formal investigations and publish their findings. The presidency must ensure transparency and, if necessary, suspend Wike pending the outcome of a credible inquiry. The National Assembly and civil society must demand a full public audit of FCT land allocations since August 2023, while the media and citizens continue to demand documentation, evidence, and accountability.

The Nigerian people deserve more than deflection and denials. They deserve a government that practises what it preaches. Wike’s legacy will not be shaped by grand projects or fiery speeches, but by how he answers these allegations.


Onwuzurike, a lawyer, writes from Abuja.

https://authorityngr.com/2025/10/13/its-time-for-tinubu-to-let-wike-face-the-law/

The Florida landlord and destroyer of peace in Rivers state is about to be dumped like a piece of trash

Wike sacrificed the whole of Rivers state to gain political favour from tinubu

What a man

You are telling an Oluwole president to prosecute his protegee ?

That is like telling Shekau to prosecute Bello Turji

Tinubu know sey Wike na real tool for him.

If he's guilty,let him be punished

Where in Maitama or Asokoro in Abuja can one really see 2000 hectares to allocate to his son ?

Tinubu is more concerned about his 2m rigged votes from rivers than anything else.

Where as Wike will do another deal with Tinubu to reassure he wouldn’t dump him in his 2nd tenure after PROBABLY he has successfully given him the 2m vote again in 2027

Story for the gods.

Our institutions are extremely weak.

Tinumbu will not throw Wike under the bus. Tinumbu isn't built like that. Tinumbu is corruption personified.

The properties Wike acquired in Florida adds to the allegations against him but just like Ibori, only foreign courts will deal him.

What does this beleaguered nation expects with morally deviants like Tinubu, Gandollar, Nyesom Wike etc in power? A country deliberately weakened or enthroned by criminal state capture always have consequences

If Tinubus fear is about Rivers votes in 2027, then he should be made to understand that working with SIM,a sitting governor will harvest more votes for him than Wike who has very little to offer him

Why would Tinubu prosecute anyone when he's busy pardoning hardened criminals for his own advantage come 2027? It's a free-for-all under this government. You can do as you like as a cabinet minister or politician as long as you pledge loyalty to the supreme leader. "There is no more corruption".

Una hatred for Wike can never take you anywhere but instead relegate you

Wike is an Akanda person, you don't envy such people or calamity will happen to you people.

Wike still relevant in Nigeria politics is not his technical know how but destined to be. You don't hate such person

How can Wike who altered the 2023 presidential election results in Rivers State to suit Tinubu be disciplined while Tinubu is still the president of Nigeria?

Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a master of forgery and identity theft. Nyesom Wike is an unintelligent thief and a renowned land grabber. A perfect match made in heaven

The land grabber in Chief had allocated all gwari lands to himself and cronies.

In porthacourt, he nearly aquired almost the whole of the city.

Then somewhere is Florida the USA, he aquired properties worth trillions of naira.

Wike is a real criminal and deserves to be prosecuted but I know the drug man won't

We all know that can never happen......That's why it is very necessary to make sure that the process that elected a leader is transparent and void of violence and irregularities.....

If not, no such leader can speak against any of his cohorts or gang as they all move in chains ...

APC winning in River State in 2023 Presidential election is Hallmark of potential corruption that will take decades to be flushed out of Nigeria...

From the middle class downward, the laws of the land is active. The other upper class has no law that can work against them. VVVIPs is not an acronym for fun!

The EFCC is an extension of the executive and that's perfectly normal but the EFCC not being independent of the executive is absolutely abnormal and counterintuitive. Even the plea or proposition that the President should allow the EFCC to perform its normal responsibility over Wike further attests that the EFCC is NOT an independent body but it's rather a working tool of the ruling class or the incumbency.

The END is getting closer for DRUNKARD wike

maiunguwar:
If Tinubus fear is about Rivers votes in 2027, then he should be made to understand that working with SIM,a sitting governor will harvest more votes for him than Wike who has very little to offer him

You maybe right in your assertion, but if Tinubu ditch Wike don't you think he will use his loyalist who are almost 90% in the present Rivers govt and scuttle both Fubara and Tinubu's ambition.
Except if Fubara can have a real balls to ignore Wike this time

Racoon:
What does this beleaguered nation expects with morally deviants like Tinubu, Gandollar, Nyesom Wike etc in power? A country deliberately weakened or enthroned by criminal state capture always have consequences

For years on this forum, it has been constant daily wailing. Are you not even bother to reflect on your own activities on this forum?

Too much of anything is bad

helinues:
Una hatred for Wike can never take you anywhere but instead relegate you

Wike is an Akanda person, you don't envy such people or calamity will happen to you people.

Wike still relevant in Nigeria politics is not his technical know how but destined to be. You don't hate such person

He is also destined to be persecuted.He will also cry at long last.

It's Loading.......................

Tinubu Needs To Discard Wike Now Destroy All His Political Tentacles,And Cling to Fubara , If Not ,Then Tinubu Should Be Ready to Be Betrayed By Wike.

Onwuzurike, Igbos doesn't know what their problems are. Wike is not your problem, look inward

hohafrank:
He is also destined to be persecuted.He will also cry at long last.

You have been the one crying for years which there is no ending part. Una long way of crying is far than Kuvuki land

These are the same people that are shouting for their Barabbas aka Rabbi Kanustein to be free.

Do we have law ?
Maybe the ones that favors politicians only.

ogugwa1992:
OPINION: It’s Time for Tinubu to Let Wike Face the Law





https://authorityngr.com/2025/10/13/its-time-for-tinubu-to-let-wike-face-the-law/

Person wey build houses for judges should face the Law?
😂 😆 😂

Wike is the hand of the king. Tinubu made a bargain with the devil the day he partnered with Wike to help him win the last election. The thing is this, Tinubu can't afford to do anything to Wike. Wike knows where all the bodies are buried and he will sing like a lark if Tinubu jettisons him.
It is better to have Wike in the tent pissing outside than to have him outside the tent pissing in.

I knew ONLY an Igbo man will sit down to write this.

Wike was nicknamed "Wicked Wike" when he was a foe of APC & Buhari.

They misbehaved in Rivers and he disciplined them. 1st Heartbreak.

Wike smartly did his calculations and supported another smart person Tinubu. He didn't buy into their imaginary Messiah, Peter Obi. 2nd Heartbreak.

Wike is the most visible Minister of Tinubu today. He guarantees Tinubu Rivers State ...

Yet you that you perennially fail at ELECTIONS, want to advise Tinubu, The Grandmaster of Nigeria Politics.