Aisha Yesufu warns of plot to shift 2027 election at the last minute
- Activist Aisha Yesufu said on X that she suspects a plan to rig 2027 by postponing the vote by a week at short notice.
- She argued that a sudden shift would force candidates who had spent their money to start spending again.
- Yesufu urged opposition supporters to plan for every scenario but to avoid using the same tactics they oppose.
Activist and politician Aisha Yesufu has said she suspects the 2027 general elections could be moved by a week at very short notice, and that this may be part of a plan to rig the vote.
She made the claim in a post on X on Sunday. Yesufu, described by Naija News as an ADC chieftain, did not name anyone in the post.
Her reasoning is about money and timing. Candidates usually spend heavily in the final stretch of a campaign, she said, and a last-minute shift would leave them short of funds and forced to raise and spend again.
“You have spent all your money, and all spending already done has to start afresh,” she wrote, according to Naija News.
Yesufu said politicians are at their most exposed just before an election, which is why she believes that window could be targeted.
What she asked supporters to do
She urged opposition politicians and their backers to prepare for every possible turn of events. But she also warned them not to copy the tactics they are fighting against.
“If you are fighting evil, you must think evil but have the discipline not to do evil, otherwise you become what you are fighting,” she said.
Yesufu added that she always works through possible scenarios in advance so she can plan a response, and said she was ready for whatever comes.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) sets the election timetable, and any change to the dates would come from the commission.
Why it matters
Nigerians already carry a heavy cost of campaigning and voting, from transport to fuel and lost work days. A sudden change of date would hit candidates, party agents and voters who have arranged travel and time off.
Talk of rigging also matters because public confidence in the process often decides whether people bother to vote at all.
What happens next: Watch for any official statement from INEC on the 2027 timetable. Yesufu's warning is likely to feed debate among opposition parties about how to guard the process.
