1956Colonial / Federal
Foster-Sutton Tribunal
Investigation into Premier Nnamdi Azikiwe's interest in the African Continental Bank. Found 'misconduct' but no criminal liability.
Status: Partial
Selected commissions
1956 — present19621st Republic
Coker Commission
Inquiry into the affairs of statutory corporations in the Western Region. Findings damaging to Awolowo / Action Group.
Status: Implemented
1975Murtala
Public Officers (Special Provisions) Tribunal
Decree 10 of 1976. Mass dismissal of over 10,000 federal public servants.
Status: Implemented
1984Buhari I
Special Military Tribunal (Recovery of Public Property)
Decree 3 of 1984. Tried Second Republic governors and ministers for corruption.
Status: Implemented (reversed 1985)
1994Abacha
Justice Eso Panel on Judicial Service
Comprehensive judicial reform recommendations. Report largely suppressed; partially revived under Obasanjo II.
Status: Suppressed
1999Obasanjo II
Oputa Panel — Human Rights Violations Investigation Commission
Chaired by Hon. Justice Chukwudifu Oputa. Public hearings; report submitted May 2002 — never formally published as a White Paper.
Status: Ignored
2008Yar'Adua
Justice Uwais Electoral Reform Committee
Chaired by former CJN Mohammed Uwais. Recommendations partially implemented via Electoral Act 2010 and 4th Alteration.
Status: Partial
2011Jonathan
Petroleum Revenue Special Task Force (Ribadu Report)
$29bn lost to under-priced gas; documentation of NNPC oil swap losses. Officially received; not implemented.
Status: Ignored
2012Jonathan
Subsidy Probe — Lawan / Aig-Imoukhuede
PPPRA oversight failure. Recommended recovery of ₦382bn unverified subsidy claims. Some prosecutions, no major recoveries.
Status: Partial
2014Jonathan
PwC Forensic Audit — NNPC Revenue
$1.48bn confirmed shortfall in NNPC remittances. Report released January 2015. Not contested by NNPC.
Status: Implemented (recovery pending)
2016Buhari II
Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit (PICA)
Removed ~50,000 ghost workers; saved approximately ₦200bn between 2016 and 2018.
Status: Implemented
2020Lagos / State
Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on SARS (Okuwobi)
Chaired by Justice Doris Okuwobi (rtd). 309-page report submitted Nov 2021. Lagos White Paper partially accepts findings.
Status: Partial
Methodology
Tier 1 · primary
Courts. Gazettes. National archives.
Tier 2 · corroborating
OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.
Redline
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