Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has dismissed claims of seeking a third term, insisting he never pursued tenure extension and warning leaders against clinging to power.
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has rejected claims that he sought to extend his presidency beyond two terms, insisting the allegations were unfounded.
Obasanjo made the clarification on Wednesday at the Democracy Dialogue hosted by the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation in Accra, where he stressed that no credible evidence exists to support the long-standing speculation.
“I’m not a fool. If I wanted a third term, I know how to go about it. And there is no Nigerian dead or alive that would say I called him and told him I wanted a third term,” he said.
The former president argued that securing debt relief during his administration was a more difficult task than obtaining a third term. “I keep telling them that, look, if I wanted to get debt relief, which is more difficult than getting a third term and I got it, if I wanted a third term, I would have got it too,” he added.
He cautioned against sit-tight leadership, describing it as a “sin against God.”