Why Buhari will not rid Nigeria of corruption By Fisayo Soyombo @fisayosoyombo

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari listens a panel discussion at the Anti-Corruption Summit in London, May, 2016 [Frank Augstein/Reuters]

Nigerian president's war against corruption will yield a betwixt-and-between result: so much action, minimal solution.   

There is renewed optimism in Nigeria over the success chances of President Muhammadu Buhari's war against corruption. Perennially derided by the opposition as a one-way partisan campaign, Buhari's war against graft is finally piquing the interest of neutrals. This is because the president's own men are the latest victims of the campaign.

Director general of Nigeria's National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, is currently on suspension after reluctantly admitting ownership, on behalf of the agency he has been leading, of the sums of $43.4m, 27,700 British pounds ($36,000) and 23.2 million naira ($74,000) found by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at a private residence in