No doubt Atiku is corrupt, No doubt Atiku should be prosecuted. Also, no doubt Buhari has no say on how that should happen. We are in a democratic dispensation, and there are procedures as well as due processes that should be followed when cases of corruption come up.


"Independent" anti-corruption institutions like EFCC and ICPC are the agencies tasked with ensuring that corruption cases do not go unchecked. Notice the quoted emphasis on those institutions being independent? Well that signifies that Buhari has no influence on how they conduct their investigations as well as operations. Even the anti-fraud unit of the police can take up such a task.

It could be that they're trying to gather rock solid evidence before arresting Atiku. Buhari is a democrat, he cannot just start dictating to such institutions on how they should conduct their activities or who they should arrest and charge, he's allowing due process take its gradual course.

To suggest that Buhari should go ahead and skip legal steps to prosecute Atiku would be like asking him to be a tyrant whereas he isn't one. Moreover, the same people urging him to do such would tag the president as vindictive should he indulge. They would even call it a Witch hunt.

There were few idiots on NL when internet subscription was 5k. I already captured this sick zombie in my siggy.