Legal Debate Over Civil Forfeiture in Nigerian Presidential Cases

Tinubu and Atiku: Why the Jefferson case exposes the fallacy of treating civil forfeiture as a criminal conviction, By Kayode Oladele

If allegations examined during an investigation involving Atiku cannot be converted into a criminal conviction against Atiku, an in rem civil forfeiture proceeding cannot logically be converted into a criminal conviction against Tinubu. In each case, the responsible legal inquiry must be the same: Was the individual criminally charged? Was he prosecuted? Was he tried? […] The post Tinubu and Atiku: Why the Jefferson case exposes the fallacy of treating civil forfeiture as a criminal convictio...

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