President Goodluck Jonathan and his inner circle have begun new moves to
jettison elections altogether, hoping that members of the National Assembly will
agree to postpone polls once again and instead settle for a so-called interim
national government, according to information received from several sources,
one of them embedded in the Presidency in Abuja.
The sources disclosed that Mr. Jonathan, Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-
Madueke, the chairman of the PDP’s board of trustees, Tony Anenih, Ondo State
Governor, Olusegun Mimiko and Ijaw political figure, Edwin Clark, were the main
players in the new scheme. They are reportedly determined to sell their new plan
to a small nucleus of key legislators at the National Assembly to discuss how
best to recruit supporters, sources knowledgeable about the astonishing plot
revealed.
The team pushing this new idea, one source said, is operating on the premise
that it would be “dangerous to hand over power to Muhammadu Buhari.” Ms.
Alison-Madueke was reported to be a hawkish pusher of the idea, with one of
our sources adding that the Petroleum Minister was extremely anxious about
the prospect of a Buhari Presidency exposing her numerous shady deals in the
oil sector through which she and a few players selected by her have drained
billions of dollars of oil revenues into their private holdings.
Ms. Alison-Madueke has assured the group that some officials of the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) as well as several big-time
beneficiaries of oil sector deals, including importers of refined fuel, were
committed to the plan and willing to provide slush funds to pay a bribe of $2
million dollars to each senator and $1 million to key members of the House of
Representatives to persuade them to endorse the plot to derail elections
permanently and install an interim national government. The president is
working through officials of the NNPC to fund the massive bribe scheme.
Mr. Jonathan’s henchmen have begun discussions with some members of the
National Assembly as the legislative body prepares to resume another
legislative session in Abuja next week. It would be the first time the legislature
would sit after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
announced last week that polls, which were scheduled for February 14, 2015,
had been postponed for six weeks.
According to those who briefed SaharaReporters on the latest scheme by the
Presidency, Mr. Jonathan plans to sell to key legislators the argument that,
since Nigeria is at war at the moment, the government would need another six
months at least to fight off Boko Haram insurgents in the northeast of Nigeria
before elections can take place.
A source close to a former military head of state, Abdulsalam Abubakar, told
SaharaReporters that Mr. Jonathan had approached the retired officer and
pleaded with him to consider heading an interim national government that
would be put in place on May 29, 2015 if Mr. Jonathan’s plan prevails. “General
Abubakar promptly declined the offer and immediately informed some ex-heads
of state about the offer,” the source disclosed.
Mr. Jonathan and Ms. Madueke have revived the scheme to avoid elections
after a sobering meeting the president held last Thursday night with PDP
governors and top party figures. The participants at the meeting were candid in
conceding that the forthcoming presidential elections would not favor President
Jonathan despite its postponement for six weeks.
A source close to former President Olusegun Obasanjo told SaharaReporters
that the incumbent president’s machination to thwart elections was the
provocation for a recent intensification of verbal warfare between Mr. Jonathan
and ex-President Obasanjo. The latter has publicly accused Mr. Jonathan of
plotting to stymie election now scheduled for March 28, the same way former
President Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d’Ivoire caused a political crisis in his country
after loosing an election, bringing his country close to a civil war.
The latest plan by Mr. Jonathan, several sources said, is driven by Ms. Alison-
Madueke’s desperation. The Petroleum Minister is reportedly worried that she
would not be able to avoid prosecution for several questionable deals in the oil
sector that have catapulted her and her minions to billionaires. Her fear is
reportedly heightened by the fact that she does not see the prospect of being
granted asylum in any European or North American nation should she decide to
flee abroad if Mr. Jonathan loses.
A source close to Mr. Jonathan revealed that First Lady Patience Jonathan has
occasionally fumed and blamed Ms. Alison-Madueke of causing her husband’s
popular unpopularity.
http://saharareporters.com/2015/02/15/scheme-afoot-bribe-national-assembly-members-postpone-elections-again

Make belive of Obasanjo

I think sum people want to throw dis con3 into chaos dats all... God de sha

Jonathan keep adding salt to his wound..

Now tell me......how this guy wan take escape jail?

smh4him

saiBuhari

Lies lies and more lies from sahara reporters

This news is fake. It should not be taken serious.

Anything That Can Lead TO Disintegration Of This Mere Geographical Entity called Nigeria according to one Onye Ofe-mmanu is Welcome.

Let's divide this British Zoo into Six- Six Geo-political Zones