One thing to note though. You compared the Nigerian state with the American one and concluded that the American state stands outside the influence of those that have captured state power and as such, it can adjudicate on their culpability.
But the American state is still the same if you consider something like the Epstein files.
Power is power everywhere. It's just more nakedly so in Nigeria.
I agree with this. I think the question is more of the baseline. That we even have the Epstein files case in the U.S is proof. That Diezani’s case (the biggest I can equate it to in terms of power being unmasked in Nigeria) was carried out in London is another.
Just an ever slight correction, the Georgia issue was not a criminal matter but a professional infraction but your point is still valid. Similarly the issue of Tinubu's civil forfeiture under a criminal drug investigation. Both men cutting from the same cloth.
The observation being made here about the character of the kinds of people at the highest level of Nigerian politics shows a larger problem with Nigerian society. It is not only true that the state is constructed to protect specific people regardless of the moral/legal correctness of their behavior. It is also true that people in positions of power everywhere across the Nigerian society including religious leaders basically never get punished for bad behavior. The problem is not limited to leaders in society alone, it extends broadly enough that it includes random uncles in extended families who assault under-aged girls and other random elders in the people's normal lives.
There is simply a general problem of a lack of consistent consequences for bad behavior across all parts of Nigerian society, contributing to a continuous decline in culture (Yahoo boys were not publicly Yahoo boys in the mid 2000s like they are today, for example). And even this problem of a lack of consequences for bad behavior is [only one of several cultural problems](https://www.reddit.com/r/Nigeria/comments/1qo6orm/apparent_cultural_problems_in_nigeria) battling the Nigerian society.
Breaking: Femi Gbajabiamila isn’t on trial—he’s busy suing the entire rumour mill for ₦15 billion! In Nigeria, the real crime is assuming the Chief of Staff dipped his hand in the fake agency cookie jar. Read the full defence before your assumptions get subpoenaed! 😂 https://lawakhigbe.com/2026/07/24/… #GbajabiamilaDefence
If he could become a legislator after fleeing from justice in the US, he will also become vice president and then president. Nigeria will only reward people with his peculiar skill set.
One thing to note though. You compared the Nigerian state with the American one and concluded that the American state stands outside the influence of those that have captured state power and as such, it can adjudicate on their culpability.
But the American state is still the same if you consider something like the Epstein files.
Power is power everywhere. It's just more nakedly so in Nigeria.
I agree with this. I think the question is more of the baseline. That we even have the Epstein files case in the U.S is proof. That Diezani’s case (the biggest I can equate it to in terms of power being unmasked in Nigeria) was carried out in London is another.
I literally just saw your name on an old Stears article.
Omo, you people literally just left us hanging and even took paywall from us.
Thanks for bringing that quality to us on substack.
Just an ever slight correction, the Georgia issue was not a criminal matter but a professional infraction but your point is still valid. Similarly the issue of Tinubu's civil forfeiture under a criminal drug investigation. Both men cutting from the same cloth.
The observation being made here about the character of the kinds of people at the highest level of Nigerian politics shows a larger problem with Nigerian society. It is not only true that the state is constructed to protect specific people regardless of the moral/legal correctness of their behavior. It is also true that people in positions of power everywhere across the Nigerian society including religious leaders basically never get punished for bad behavior. The problem is not limited to leaders in society alone, it extends broadly enough that it includes random uncles in extended families who assault under-aged girls and other random elders in the people's normal lives.
There is simply a general problem of a lack of consistent consequences for bad behavior across all parts of Nigerian society, contributing to a continuous decline in culture (Yahoo boys were not publicly Yahoo boys in the mid 2000s like they are today, for example). And even this problem of a lack of consequences for bad behavior is [only one of several cultural problems](https://www.reddit.com/r/Nigeria/comments/1qo6orm/apparent_cultural_problems_in_nigeria) battling the Nigerian society.
Breaking: Femi Gbajabiamila isn’t on trial—he’s busy suing the entire rumour mill for ₦15 billion! In Nigeria, the real crime is assuming the Chief of Staff dipped his hand in the fake agency cookie jar. Read the full defence before your assumptions get subpoenaed! 😂 https://lawakhigbe.com/2026/07/24/… #GbajabiamilaDefence
If he could become a legislator after fleeing from justice in the US, he will also become vice president and then president. Nigeria will only reward people with his peculiar skill set.