Nigeria, May 17 -- Every election season in Nigeria eventually collapses into the same quiet argument. It rarely begins that way. It starts as policy talk, debate about parties, candidates, promises, and direction. But somewhere along the line, usually before anything concrete is settled, the conversation shifts. It becomes less about what should be done and more about where power should go next. You hear it in Abuja hotel lounges where alliances are shaped over whisky that costs more than many people earn in a month. You hear it in barbershops where generators struggle through unstable electricity. You hear it in traffic where taxi drivers and passengers argue beside hawkers selling sachet water under a sun that does not soften for anyon...