Nigeria, Sept. 29 -- There is a fundamental difference between an allegation, an investigation, a suspicious transaction report, an adverse administrative finding, a criminal charge, and a conviction.

That distinction is essential to understanding the PREMIUM TIMES special report of 23 September, headlined: "Inside five international corruption cases involving Atiku, ex-wife."

The report assembles more than two decades of allegations, banking compliance reports, investigations and proceedings involving Atiku Abubakar, his former wife Jennifer Douglas, business associates and third parties. But its framing risks leaving readers with an impression that the former vice-president was found guilty in five international corruption cases.

The...