Tinubu and Atiku: Why the Jefferson case exposes the fallacy of treating civil forfeiture as a criminal conviction
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- Kayode Oladele argues that civil forfeiture proceedings cannot be treated as criminal convictions.
- He says the same legal questions should apply in cases involving Atiku and Tinubu, including whether the individual was charged, prosecuted and tried.
Kayode Oladele argues that the Jefferson case exposes a basic legal error: treating civil forfeiture as if it were a criminal conviction.
He says allegations examined during an investigation involving Atiku cannot be converted into a criminal conviction against Atiku. By the same logic, an in rem civil forfeiture proceeding cannot be converted into a criminal conviction against Tinubu.
Oladele says the responsible legal inquiry must be the same in both cases: Was the individual criminally charged? Was he prosecuted? Was he tried?
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