I Did Not Want It - Obasanjo Reveals Sponsors Of Third Term Ambition

Olusegun Obasanjo

Ex-President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has spoken on the controversy surrounding his purported ambition for a third term in office.

There have been claims that Obasanjo was nursing a third term as president, and the former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, also admitted to stopping the agenda.

However, in an interview with Kayode Akintemi on News Central Television on Thursday, Obasanjo said he would have gotten a third term if he had pushed for it but did not want it.

He attributed the report of nursing a third term to some governors who were secretly working towards extending their terms in office.

According to him, the governors believed that if he (Obasanjo) secured a third term, they would also benefit from an extended tenure.

Obasanjo noted that getting debt relief for the country was much more complicated than getting a third term, adding that his government could get debt relief for Nigeria when he was in office.

He said, “If I had wanted a third term, I would have gotten it. I didn’t want a third term. I know some governors working for this, believing that if I, as president, got a third, they would also get it.”