{"id":72908,"date":"2020-04-20T17:44:36","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T16:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=72908"},"modified":"2020-04-20T17:44:36","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T16:44:36","slug":"conspiracy-theorists-who-are-the-cabals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/articles-opinions\/conspiracy-theorists-who-are-the-cabals\/","title":{"rendered":"Conspiracy Theorists, Who Are The Cabals?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Conspiracy theorists are funny people. They usually make something out<\/div>\n
\n
of nothing. Theirs is to cook scenarios from conjectures, guesses and
\nspeculations and breathe life into it, fix it with limbs and make it to
\nwalk. Often conspiracy theories are built on lies, stark lies and
\ndeliberate mischief. They are often moulded in the asinine thoughts and
\ndesires of conspiracy theorists. These theories are structured to
\nachieve tailored results that are often, I said often, not always, aimed
\nat re-seting an existing order.<\/p>\n

Conspiracy theories strive to give another side to existing narratives.
\nThey are often deployed to puncture an understanding that are held
\nsacrosanct; to debunk a popular belief, to present another picture to
\nthe one generally held. Conspiracy theories are often developed by
\noutsiders to a system, often with snippets provided by those who stay at
\nthe periphery of the same system to present an alternative side to that
\nsystem. It is not what devil’s advocates do. Nay, devil’s advocate trend
\nto strengthen and build a system while conspiracy theorists aim at
\ninjuring the system through the propounding and marketing of
\nperspectives that stand in direct opposite of what the system is seen to
\nbe.<\/p>\n

As I said earlier, conspiracy theories feed on rumours, gossip, half
\ntruths, fake narratives and outright conjunctures from\u00a0 the theorists
\nwho leverage on his perjorative interests to create something out of
\nnothing and thereby, dishevel an existing order.<\/p>\n

But conspiracy theories create and deepen the myths around their
\ntargets. Sometimes, they strengthen the same system they target for
\ndestruction and invest them with an invincible aura that makes the task
\nof the theorists more elusive. This is the undesirable flip sides of
\nconspiracy theories; they sometimes make their targets more stronger.
\nBut mostly, conspiracy theories weaken and destabilize systems they
\ntarget on.<\/p>\n

Shortly after President Muhammadu Buhari formed his government in 2015,
\nconspiracy theorists went to work. Given the nature and radical outcome
\nof the election that brought that government to power,\u00a0 it was not
\ndifficult knowing where the theorists were pooled from. Conspiracy
\ntheorist started flying around depending on what interest each of the
\nvarious theorists were chasing. These theorists mainly consist of the
\ndefeated PDP cadres and even members of Buhari’s party who were
\nprospecting for various pies in the emerging government.<\/p>\n

By far, the most potent and widespread conspiracy theory that emerged in
\nthe Buhari regime was that of the existence of a Cabal they levied and
\nenforced everything in the regime. We were told that this cabal
\npractically decide and implement everything in Buhari’s Nigeria. We are
\noften told that Buhari wasn’t in charge,\u00a0 the cabal was!\u00a0 It was so rife
\nthat prospecting politicians who miss out in appointments and contracts
\nblame their bad fortunes on the cabal. The opposition , caught in the
\nthroes of it’s bitter loss of power, turned to the cabal to offload
\ntheir bad fortunes. Citizens fault-finding the government and its
\npolicies dumped the blame on the cabal and every weapon was thrown on
\nthe cabal from all angles of the Nigerian space.<\/p>\n

But what Nigerians were seduced to see as the cabal by these conspiracy
\ntheorists is no more than trusted appointees of the President who
\nnaturally were his closest advisers on multifarious issues. Call it his
\nkitchen cabinet, this exists in almost every human organization but
\nwhich conspiracy theorists have succeeded in inciting Nigerians to see
\nin bad light hence the derogatory term, ‘cabal’ and they made Nigerians
\nto situate all their earthly troubles in Buhari’s Nigeria on the feet of
\nthe cabal.<\/p>\n

Conspiracy theorists went further to name the troika of Mamman Daura,
\nthe President’s cousin and then security adviser, Babachir Lawal, then
\nSecretary to the Federal Government and Mallam Abba Kyari, recently
\ndeceased Chief of Staff to the President as the omnipotent cabal that
\nwas holding Nigeria, including (you can’t believe it) by the jugular.
\nThe cabal was invested with borderless and uncensored power to do
\neverything. Soon, the polity got suffocated with various versions,
\nstrands and snippets of the actions of the cabal. Hurting politicians,
\ndisappointed followers of Buhari, even members of his government and
\nparty latched to these narratives, in it’s different forms and contents
\nto explain their various stations, pains and afflictions. Incredible
\nstories of the exploits of the cabal become so overwhelming that it
\nbecame so hard shaking them off. It got worse during the time the
\nPresident was indisposed and traveled abroad for medical treatment. At
\nthe peak of the malady of that time, we were fed with so much specious
\nstories of how the cabal was ppl looting its ways through the
\npresidency. The height of the theories was the one that said that
\nPresident Buhari died, was buried overseas and the cabal clonned another
\nBuhari and forced him on the throne or that the almighty cabal imported
\na certain Jubril from Sudan and made him to impereonate Buhari and
\ncontinue in power<\/p>\n

As stupid as these theories were, they were lavishly consumed by many
\nNigerians; even the supposedly educated. In fact conspiracy theories
\nflower in their incredulity! They are relished even by the enlightened
\nwhose minds are seeped in mischief. Even when they know that such
\nconspiracy theories are false, people generously subscribe to them
\nbecause it powers their mischievious interests!<\/p>\n

So coming to the cabal of Daura, Babachir and Abba Kyari, it may
\ninterest us to note that Babachir has long been removed as SGF based on
\nconflict of interest that arose in the conduct of his official duties.
\nDaura was removed by (wait for it), the same Vice President whom the
\nconspiracy theories told us was rendered a house boy by the cabal he,
\nDaura, was said to have headed. That left Abba Kyari as the sole cabal
\ntill Kyari himself died last week from the dreaded coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

So can we hear from the conspiracy theorists. Who is the cabal now that
\nthe three person’s they told us constitutes the cabal that even held the
\nPresident hostage, are no longer in power? Is Buhari now free to assert
\nhimself? Has a new cabal emerged since the last of the cabal died last
\nweek? Is another cabal on the way? Who and who will make the next cabal
\nand will they re-cage Buhari and take over as the last cabal did? Sure a
\nbrand new cabal is on the way. They already have the answer. They are
\npresently cooking up the question. Nigeria can’t be without a cabal
\notherwise their labours will come to a certain end. They are already
\nrecruiting a new Chief of Staff for Buhari. Very soon, they will
\nconstitute the cabal for him.<\/p>\n

I know the conspiracy theorists are presently in their seedy chambers
\nconjuring the next scenarios but be careful when you devour their
\nhemlock.<\/p>\n

Peter Claver Oparah<\/p>\n

Ikeja. Lagos
\nE-mail:\u00a0peterclaver2000@yahoo.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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