Detained activist and AAC presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has alleged that President Tinubu’s Chief of Staff Femi Gbajabiamila stole $25,000 from a client while practising law in Atlanta and fled to Nigeria after the story was published on SaharaReporters — with NiDCOM chair Abike Dabiri-Erewa allegedly calling Sowore personally to intervene.
Omoyele Sowore has trained his sights on one of Nigeria’s most powerful officials — and the allegation goes back decades and across the Atlantic.
The detained African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate recounted one of his earliest investigative reports on SaharaReporters, alleging that it exposed Femi Gbajabiamila — now Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu — stealing $25,000 from a client while practising law in Atlanta, United States.
“When I was actively publishing on SaharaReporters as an investigative reporter, I came upon the first story of Femi Gbajabiamila having stolen his client’s money, $25,000, in Atlanta,” Sowore said. “He stole $25,000 from one of his clients, and that was what led him to run away from the U.S. He came back to Nigeria. This must have been in the 2000s.”
Sowore added that shortly after publication, Abike Dabiri-Erewa — now chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) — called him directly about the story.
“She said, ‘What did my brother do to you?'” Sowore recounted. When he asked who her brother was, she identified the subject of his report.
“I said, ‘Oh wow, so you know a thief?’ She laughed, and that was the last I heard of the story,” Sowore said.
The allegation carries additional context. SaharaReporters had previously reported that the Supreme Court of Georgia on February 26, 2007, ordered the suspension of Femi Gbajabiamila — State Bar No. 288330 — from the practice of law for 36 months, following disciplinary proceedings related to his legal practice in the United States. Court records confirmed the sanction despite attempts by supporters to dispute the circumstances surrounding it.
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