Nigeria’s Accountability Crisis Is Fueling Every Other Political Crisis

On March 23, 2026, a Federal High Court in Abuja handed down a 72 year sentence, to be served as eight years concurrently, to Chukwunyere Nwabuoku, the former acting Accountant General of the Federation, for laundering funds while he ran finance for the Ministry of Defence. At first glance, it looks like a rare victory for accountability. It is also, on closer look, proof of how unusual accountability has become. A review of 393 corruption cases involving Nigerian public officials between 2013 and 2026 found that only 144 ever reached a final judgment. Roughly six in ten sit unresolved, some […] The post Nigeria’s Accountability Crisis Is Fueling Every Other Political Crisis appeared first on African Arguments.