‘Fake’ agency: Tinubu’s amoral rule breeds impunity, abuse of power! By Olu Fasan

Yet, on the other hand, he presides over a moral cesspit, where ministers routinely abuse power and act with utter impunity, where some are so powerful they can literally get away with murder, protected by their fealty and sycophancy to the president, where governance is utterly devoid of transparency and accountability, and where conflicts of interest are so blatant, with a total blurring of public and private interests.

So, truth be told, no one should expect the ICPC to name any politically influential official as a collaborator in the “fake” agency case, even though, as Babachir Lawal, a former SGF, told the BBC: “There must be connivance with officials within,” adding: “You must have officials within the system who will validate such corrupt behaviour.

President Tinubu emblemises this phenomenon with the way he allows the perception of conflicts of interest to become entrenched under his rule, the way he treats the Nigerian state as a personal fiefdom by emblazoning his name on major public monuments, at least eight within just three years in power, the latest being the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway.