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Nigerians deserve to know who authorised the account, who processed the documentation, what controls failed, whether public money passed through it, and what reforms will ensure the same loophole cannot be exploited again.

Citizens also have a role to play. Before paying any fee to an organisation claiming federal authority, they should verify its existence through official government directories where possible and report suspicious demands to anti-corruption agencies before making payment. They can also use the Freedom of Information Act to request the legal instruments establishing federal bodies authorised to collect public funds.Africans & Diaspora

The institutions involved carry even greater responsibility. The CBN should immediately suspend activity on the disputed account until its legal status is conclusively established, while the ICPC should publish its findings at the end of the investigation, identifying who authorised the account, which internal controls failed and what sanctions or reforms will follow.

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As for the Office of the Accountant-General, it should also publish an audit matching every federal government account held at the Central Bank with the legal instrument establishing the institution behind it.

Until those questions are answered, the controversy will remain far bigger than one disputed council because it will continue to cast doubt on the safeguards Nigerians rely on to distinguish legitimate government from an imitation wearing its uniform.

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