[b]Conspiracy theories are often baseless
and almost certainly nonsense. But at
this point where all kinds of reports
are flying around and nobody’s sure
what’s coming up, people are really
taking some of these theories
seriously.
One of the theories that was in the
media before the election was
postponed last week was that the
government was plotting to postpone the
election. And the election was eventually
postponed. So it looks like the conspiracy
theories aren’t so ludicrous after all if
you look at the current political
situation.
On that note Adedayo Ademagun, Naij
correspondent and contributor on
political issues, discusses five things that
might happen before March 28 based on
the conspiracy theories spreading right
now.[\b]


1. The election will be shifted again.
INEC said it postponed the elections to
avert potential insecurity, but most
people think this is a ploy by the
president and his team to buy
themselves some more time so they can
work out some strategy.
Now some people suspect the election
will be shifted again because there’s
been no clear assurance that the
security people won’t push for another
extension.
So are we going to have another
extension to give the army and its
foreign allies some more time to fight the
insurgency in the northeast? That’s the
next statement some people are
expecting from the government or Jega.

2. An interim government will be set
up.
There were reports online recently that
the president will hand over to an
interim government led by Chief of
Army staff, Kenneth Minimah, if Buhari
wins the coming election. The reports
say the interim will govern for six
months and then fresh elections will be
held. The army denied this of course,
but some people still think it might
happen.

3. Jega will be fired.
Newspapers are saying there’s an
ongoing plot to sack Jega or force him to
a terminal leave. His tenure ends in
June, but word in the media is that there
are plans to remove him before March
28. One or two people have even been
tipped to replace him. The theory is the
government wants to remove him for
the way he’s managed the election
process so far and the way he presented
the postponement, which seemed to lay
the blame on the government’s table.
Femi lives in Lagos. He says, “One thing
that’s clear is that Jega has compromised
his reputation. He’s not as credible as he
was five years ago when he first took the
job. But even if they fire him now, it’s too
late. They should let him finish his tenure
and then we can look for someone else.
Jega has smeared his name already.”

4. The army will seize government.
Babangida set off a revolt in 1993 when
he annulled the election and put Ernest
Shonekan in charge of an interim
government. In the midst of the crisis,
Abacha overthrew Shonekan and seized
the government. Some people say we
might be going in that direction again.
Olusegun Obasanjo said in a recent
interview, “I sincerely hope that the
president is not going for broke and
saying ‘look dammit, it’s either I have it
or nobody has it.’ I hope we will not have
a coup…I hope we can avoid it.”
READ ALSO: “Why I Might Not Be The
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5. The election will be suspended.
One senator named Babafemi Ojudu
alleged recently that the president
intends to extend his tenure by two
years on grounds that Nigeria is at war
— the war against Boko Haram.
He said, “If anybody thinks there’s going
to be an election on March 28, the person
is deceiving himself. There are conscious
attempts at lobbying some of us to work
against having elections. Therefore,
where they’ve got to now is the
preliminary stage.”
Section 135 of the Constitution says, “If
the federation is at war in which the
territory of Nigeria is physically involved
and the president considers that it is not
practicable to hold elections, the National
Assembly may by resolution extend the
period of four years [of the president’s
tenure]; but no such extension shall
exceed a period of six months at any one
time.”
What this means technically is that the
president can put off this election for the
next six months with the support of the
National Assembly and then put it off
again for another six months and so on,
as long as he continues to maintain that
we’re in the middle of a war. That way,
the president can put off the elections
for an indefinite period, essentially
suspending the elections.
Some of these theories are plausible
while others are just plain ridiculous —
or are they ? We’ll find out in the
coming weeks and months.
READ MORE: http://
www.naij.com/383850-know-the-
conspiracy-theories-about-the-
elections.html?pk_campaign=ush

Thrash. Elections will hold and country move forward stronger and More United.

KwoiZabo:
Thrash. Elections will hold and country move forward stronger and More United.

With a new Government leading us to an era of change from corruption and mismanagement to order, probity and discipline.

I thot they said dis guy was clueless!

Just keeping my finger crossed o


#Buhari and nothing more

I feel that these northerners that are in pdp states will decamp to apc. Just hoping that it won't be so.
As for the elections, they'll take place..
As for Jega, he'll be removed only after the elections.
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Pdp are seriously searching for a reason to nail jega to d cross.

bakila:

With a new Government leading us to an era of change from corruption and mismanagement to order, probity and discipline.

hope its not the one whose desperation for power has led him to forgery.

KwoiZabo:
hope its not the one whose desperation for power has led him to forgery.

Yeah he forged the PWC audit of money accruing to the government from NNPC.

nairalife2013:
I thot they said dis guy was clueless!

Don't mind those APC supporters jare. He has clues.
Clues on how to run a corrupt government.
Clues on how to intimidate opposition.
Clues on how to pardon THIEVES and jail CORRUPT people.
Clues on how to ruin our economy.
Clues on how to drink otapiapia in Southy.

He is not clueless. He just doesn't have a clue on how to run a government that has the interest of the people at heart.
I think that is cluelessness anyways!

bakila:

Yeah he forged the PWC audit of money accruing to the government from NNPC.

Seconded

ajoskele:
Don't mind those APC supporters jare. He has clues.
Clues on how to run a corrupt government.
Clues on how to intimidate opposition.
Clues on how to pardon THIEVES and jail CORRUPT people.
Clues on how to ruin our economy.
Clues on how to drink otapiapia in Southy.

He is not clueless. He just doesn't have a clue on how to run a government that has the interest of the people at heart.
I think that is cluelessness anyways!

no mind dem jare, he has fake certificates and, the first thing he did in his cluelessness was to forge a blacksmith-anvil-proned statement of result! Now, in the words of geofrey asham, he has found a shortcut from a long wandering! Thatz a good antecedent to young would-be leaders. The foundation of a great kingdom!! I like that!