This article isn’t chasing shock or recycled outrage. Instead, it examines what the Epstein files reveal about power — how wealth reshapes accountability, how institutions manage exposure, and why silence often protects the system more than the truth ever could.

Why Nigerians don’t trust government reforms isn’t about ignorance or resistance to change. It’s about memory, credibility, and lived experience. This piece explains why #ReformsInMOI is being judged on trust first—and what real reform would need to fix beyond announcements.