Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) had some tumultuous days last week that led to a prediction of the implosion of the ruling party before or after the general elections.
The campaign spent the entire week fighting “enemies” in the Presidential Villa, whom it said were working to sabotage the chances of the ruling party at the polls by “pushing the poor implementation of the Naira redesigning” and also hoarding petrol.
The implementation of the mopping of the old naira notes created a scarcity of money in circulation, which was naturally blamed on the APC-led federal government.
There were pockets of protests in Oyo and Edo states. Amidst the Naira scarcity, Mr Tinubu at a campaign stop in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, floated the idea of a conspiracy targeted at him.
“Let fuel be expensive; only they know where they kept it. Keep petrol, keep the naira, we will vote and be elected. You may change the ink of naira notes. What you expect will…