*Says “We Have Done Everything EFCC Asked, But We Have Heard Nothing”
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Ibrahim Garba Waru, counsel to Safwan Garba and GY Global Oil and Gas Nigeria Limited, has clarified the basis of the $2.1 million civil suit involving Jordan Nwosu Wike, insisting that contrary to claims circulating on social media, the dispute does not concern 60 hectares of land in Abuja.
Waru said the case pending before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory arose from a joint venture agreement under which his clients were to contribute $4.2 million while Jordan would provide a total of 3.2 hectares of land 1.5 hectares in Guzape and 1.7 hectares in Katampe for the development of residential properties.
According to the lawyer, the parties agreed that after the houses were developed and sold, the proceeds would be shared in the ratio of 60 per cent to the claimants and 40 per cent to Jordan.
“Different from what has been circulated in the social media, because I have heard in the social media that the matter involves 60 hectares of land, 30 in Guzape and 30 in Katampe. That is not true. That is not actually what transpired,” Waru said.
“What transpired between the claimant and the defendant is that there was a joint venture contract agreement. That’s what was duly entered between the parties.”
He explained that under the agreement, the claimants were expected to contribute $4.2 million towards the project, while Jordan’s contribution was the land.
“The claimant is going to contribute the total sum of 4.2 million US dollars as his own contribution to the business.
“Jordan Nwosu Wike, that is the defendant, is going to contribute the land, 1.5 hectares in Guzape and 1.7 hectares at Katampe, for the construction of houses that are going to be sold,” he said.
Waru alleged that his client subsequently paid $2.1 million, representing half of the agreed financial contribution, and that the money was acknowledged as part-payment towards the joint venture.
“And after payment of half of the contribution, because the claimant did give Jordan the sum of 2.1 million, which he acknowledged receipt as a part payment of their own contribution to the business.
“And after collecting this money, the story became entirely different. That was how the problem started,” he said.
Jordan has denied receiving the money and has disputed the authenticity of documents relied upon by the claimants.
Addressing Jordan’s position that he was outside Nigeria at a material time, Waru said two different dates had been confused in discussions surrounding the case.
According to him, September 26, 2025, was when discussions concerning the proposed business began, while October 17, 2025, was the date on which the claimants say the $2.1 million cash payment was made.
“We were dealing with two dates: 26th of September 2025 and 17th October 2025,” Waru said.
“26th September was the day that the business started. It was the day they started discussing about the business. It was not the day the money was paid.”
The lawyer said the September discussions took place through telephone communications and WhatsApp exchanges rather than a physical meeting, adding that the claimants tendered chats in evidence before the court.
“So the claim of the defendant Jordan that he was not in the country, he was making reference to the 26th. That was the day they started communicating, discussing about the business. And the discussion was not a physical meeting, it was a meeting on phone,” he said.
Waru maintained that the actual cash payment was made on October 17, 2025, at a house in Gwarimpa, Abuja.
“So the 17th day of October was the day that the actual money was given. And it was given in presence of witnesses in a house at Gwarimpa,” he said.
He said two witnesses who allegedly assisted in carrying the money and placing it in the defendant’s vehicle had already testified before the court.
“Two witnesses, young men that assisted him to carry the money and put it inside his boot. They all gave evidence before the court,” Waru said.
The lawyer also challenged the evidential value of a boarding pass tendered by the defence in relation to Jordan’s travel, contending that the document did not clearly indicate the year to which it related.
Waru stressed, however, that his principal argument was that the payment was allegedly made on October 17 and not September 26.
“By and large, the money was not given on the 26th of September. It was given on the 17th day of October 2025,” he said.
On the present stage of the proceedings, Waru said the claimants had concluded the presentation of their case, while the defence had opened its case with Jordan testifying as its first witness.
“The position of the case at the moment is that the matter, after hearing, that is after the presentation of the case of the claimant, the defendant entered defence by presenting just one witness, that is Jordan Nwosu Wike, who was the one that gave evidence as DW1,” he said.
The case was subsequently adjourned to December 1, 2 and 14, 2026, for continuation of hearing.
Waru, however, disclosed that following the last sitting, he wrote to the Chief Judge of the FCT High Court requesting that the case be transferred from the current presiding judge to another court.
According to him, the request was based on information brought to the attention of the claimants concerning what he described as community and family ties between Jordan and the presiding judge.
“I did write a letter addressed to the Chief Judge of the FCT High Court that I don’t want my lord, the presiding judge, to continue hearing this matter. I wanted the case to be transferred to another court,” he said.
“The reason why we presented this request is because we were made to understand that there is a kind of family ties, community, very, very tight community relation and family relationship between the defendant and the judge.”
Waru said the application was intended to have the matter reassigned, but added that no response had been received from the office of the Chief Judge.
“No, we are yet to receive any response from the office of the CJ. We are waiting,” he said.
The lawyer also addressed the separate petition submitted to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over the transaction.
He said his clients had submitted documents and other materials requested by the commission and had cooperated with investigators, but were still awaiting information on the outcome or current status of the petition.
“Everything that EFCC wanted us to do from the side of the complainant, that is the claimant, we have done that, but up to this moment we did not hear any response from the EFCC,” Waru said.
He added that he had previously communicated with the investigating officer but stopped making calls after he was no longer receiving responses.
“I was calling the IPO, but in fact I stopped calling because he has not been responding to me. So for now that is the position of that petition,” he said.
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