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To evaluate executive interference, selective prosecution, and institutional capacity within Nigeria's anti-corruption campaign.

January 10, 2020Journal of Financial Crime

Is Nigeria really fighting to win the anti-corruption war?

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ANAgaptus NwozorTwitter (United States)JOJohn Shola OlanrewajuLandmark University SOSegun OshewoloFederal University Lokoja

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Mixed-methods evaluation reveals widespread selective prosecution and compromised agency autonomy in Nigeria, indicating severe political interference.

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To evaluate executive interference, selective prosecution, and institutional capacity within Nigeria's anti-corruption campaign.
Conducted unstructured key informant interviews with diverse subject-matter experts (N=10) to collect qualitative insights.
Analyzed secondary archival materials to evaluate institutional independence and enforcement patterns across anti-graft agencies.
Identified systematic one-sidedness in anti-corruption prosecutions, with pending corruption cases routinely placed in abeyance for politicians defecting to the ruling party.
Demonstrated that weak institutionalisation and executive interference compromise the operational autonomy and prosecution capacity of anti-graft agencies.

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Nwozor et al. (2020) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1653dd86504b844dd96a96 https://doi.org/10.1108/jfc-08-2019-0109

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Mixed-methods evaluation reveals widespread selective prosecution and compromised agency autonomy in Nigeria, indicating severe political interference.

Is Nigeria really fighting to win the anti-corruption war?

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Is Nigeria really fighting to win the anti-corruption war?

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