This article explores regulatory capture of aspects of company and securities law and the related law-making process by interest groups within Nigeria’s commercial and bureaucratic classes. Using several examples, the paper draws out the reach and character of these interests. The paper’s central argument is that the presence and reach of such group interests in Nigerian company law-making have hitherto been masked by the standard stylized rhetoric and presentation of company law and company law-making in Nigeria as formal, scripted affairs, but acknowledging these interests and delineating their contours conduce to their prophylaxis in law-making as well as their treatment in company law adjudication.

本文探讨了尼日利亚商业和官僚阶层中利益集团对公司和证券法以及相关法律制定过程的监管捕获。通过几个例子，本文勾勒出了这些利益的影响范围和特征。该论文的中心论点是，到目前为止，这种团体利益在尼日利亚公司立法中的存在和影响已经被标准的风格化言论以及公司法律和公司立法在尼日利亚的正式，成文形式的陈述所掩盖，但承认了这些利益和勾勒出他们的轮廓有助于预防他们在立法过程中的使用以及在公司法律裁决中的对待。