Different sides of the same page?
You cannot have it both ways, saying that Arik does "good" but also expecting the Nigerian government to crack down on them when they do bad!
The whole point of raking up this muck about the shady background to Arik is, arguably, to say that under proper regulation they never would have been allowed to start up in the first place due to unfitness. Never mind, off they went to general applause and high hopes, just a few cynics grumbling about what was going to happen. Well, now it's happening and it's going to happen again and again unless EFCC is given a free hand and some support.
That the regulators allow this... that is one thing. What of people who choose to ignore reality, though? They aren't being bribed with money, just with false hopes. Perhaps they should pay more attention to the rare segment of the press which tries to point out the awkward truth behind such amazing things as Arik, the Ikot-Abasi aluminium plant, why Nigerian refineries are in a state of collapse and a few other things as well.
Last night I met a fellow who had been in Lagos back in the early Eighties, working on plans for the Underground. He laughed and said his French company was paid a billion (francs, dollars, whatever) and nothing got done in the end. I asked him how much of that money went for "commissions" and then we both had such a good laugh. Meanwhile, how is Lagos traffic these days?
People seem to think being led around by the nose is some sort of patriotic duty. Perhaps they should take a cue from the sort of wahallah these Tea Party people are making in America and try something similar, see what happens.