What’s worrying about the prolonged incarcerations of Emefiele and Bawa is the creeping authoritarianism and disregard for the rule of law. Equally disturbing is Tinubu’s power grab. With Tinubu tightening his grip on his party and the opposition, with the Senate President unctuously wearing the “Tinubu cap”, and with the judiciary allegedly lacking credibility, Nigeria’s fragile democratic institutions are endangered.