Nigeria, Oct. 18 -- When a Nigerian asked former Vice President Atiku Abubakar's new online platform to identify major public assets privatised under his supervision, including their buyers and sale prices, the response offered none of those details.

The answer instead referred the questioner to the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), the federal agency responsible for Nigeria's privatisation programme, without identifying the assets, buyers or sale prices.

Another question asked whether Atiku would voluntarily publish his full asset material rather than merely file it with the appropriate authorities.

"I have never shied away from declaring my assets," the response stated. It offered no commitment to public disclosure.

Both questions...