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The case was filed under Buhari in 2022 and inherited by the Tinubu administration. No additional charges or recovery orders have been obtained. The trial has dragged across four years with no conviction — a pace that critics attribute to institutional inertia in the prosecution service rather than any determined pursuit of accountability.

Tinubu ordered Emefiele's suspension within days of inauguration and the DSS arrested him on 9 June 2023 — unusually swift action. However, charges since fragmented across multiple courts, several counts have been struck out, and no conviction has been recorded after nearly three years. The speed of the initial arrest combined with the subsequent slowdown has led analysts to conclude the primary purpose was political — distancing the new administration from Buhari-era CBN policy — rather than a sustained anti-corruption drive.

Edu was suspended within 48 hours of the scandal breaking — a fast initial response. She was quietly reinstated to the same ministry in March 2024, before any investigation concluded, then eventually sacked in October 2024. The EFCC opened a formal inquiry but filed no charges. The reinstatement mid-investigation remains the defining act: it signalled that political proximity offered protection from consequences.

When the EFCC attempted to execute an arrest warrant in March 2024, Bello took refuge at his Abuja residence for days while supporters formed a human shield. Multiple credible reports indicate presidential-level intervention secured his voluntary court appearance in lieu of arrest. Released on ₦500 million bail, Bello — an APC loyalist and Tinubu ally — has faced no further enforcement pressure. The case is the most frequently cited example of selective anti-corruption enforcement in the current administration.

Conviction was secured before Tinubu took office. The Tinubu administration has not sought to interfere with or expedite the pending appeal. No executive action of note has been taken on this case.

Conviction and sentencing were completed before Tinubu took office. The administration inherited a completed first-instance judgment. Maina's appeal remains pending before the Court of Appeal. No executive action to interfere with or revisit the conviction has been reported.

Prosecutions of former NDDC executives predate the Tinubu administration. Under Tinubu the NDDC has continued to experience governance instability — interim management was cycled through without resolving accountability for the audit findings. No significant new prosecutions stemming from the forensic audit have been initiated under the current administration.

The UK prosecution proceeds independently of the Nigerian government. The Tinubu administration's EFCC filed civil asset recovery proceedings in Nigeria in 2024 — a meaningful step toward repatriating proceeds. However, no formal extradition request has been submitted and cooperation with UK prosecutors has been limited to routine diplomatic channels. The civil recovery case remains unresolved.

The Tinubu administration commissioned the PWC review that surfaced this discrepancy — a transparency credit. However, the reconciliation committee's findings have not been published, no criminal referrals have been made, and NNPCL's dispute of the figures has not been resolved by independent audit. The administration's reluctance to force a resolution is widely attributed to its reliance on NNPCL's management through the subsidy removal transition.

The $150 million restitution was finalised before Tinubu took office. Domestic prosecutions of Nigerian officials who received Siemens payments have continued under the current administration with no notable convictions. Most individual cases remain open after more than a decade in the court system — a pattern of proceedings without outcomes.

Conviction was secured before Tinubu took office. The Tinubu administration has not sought to interfere with or revisit the conviction. The case stands as a completed accountability action inherited by the current administration.

One of several successful EFCC prosecutions of electoral officials following the 2023 elections. The prosecution was initiated and concluded under the Tinubu administration, resulting in a conviction. Notable because it concerns electoral integrity in the election that brought Tinubu to power — the administration did not shield officials from accountability in this instance.