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In the past, Nigerian institutions commanded international respect and domestic confidence. Today, those same pillars have suffered severe erosion across every sector. The judicial system, once regarded as the last hope of the common man, now faces severe public cynicism, exacerbated by high-profile legal technicalities where procedural rules often override substantive public scrutiny. Institutions like the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, originally established to instill fear in public looters, are increasingly viewed as selective, ineffective, or politically leveraged. Issues like document forgery or falsified qualifications, once fatal to a public career, have been neutralized through legal loopholes and statutory changes, creating a political culture where forgery is no longer treated as a barrier to holding the highest offices in the land.