He did everything to retain power  —  Bugaje counters Obasanjo’s third term denial

He did everything to retain power  —  Bugaje counters Obasanjo’s third term denial

Political activist and civil society chief Dr. Usman Bugaje has strongly disputed former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s recent denial of pursuing a 3rd term in workplace, declaring that the ex-president “did the whole lot inside his energy” to increase his tenure.

Obasanjo, speaking at a democracy communicate hosted by using the Goodluck Jonathan basis in Ghana last week, brushed off the long-standing 1/3-time period controversy. He stated, “I’m not a idiot. If I wanted a third time period, I recognise the way to cross approximately it. And there may be no Nigerian dead or alive that might say I called him and advised him I wanted a third time period.”

Bugaje, who served inside the countrywide meeting at some stage in Obasanjo’s administration, countered those claims throughout an look on arise television’s Morning display on Monday, September 22. He stated legislators at the time had firsthand information of Obasanjo’s alleged ambitions.

“i will verify to you that Obasanjo looked for a third term. He did everything that he could inside his power to get a 3rd term, and he failed to accomplish that,” Bugaje declared.

He introduced, “Now, the truth that he did no longer take a cellphone to make a particular call to all people is not enough evidence that he did not look for a third term. It’s only a depend of favor, but every body within the countrywide assembly at that point knew beyond any doubt that he labored day and night time, and a lot of us have been threatened via his own marketers.”

Bugaje acknowledged incidents of intimidation towards lawmakers, mentioning Senator Victor Lar, then leader of the Northern caucus within the residence of Representatives, who reportedly needed to cover in various places before a critical collecting to resist the third-time period bid.

He concluded, “the ones people who truely dispensed the money and threatened us are alive. people who obtained the money are alive. individuals who refused to receive the cash are alive. there’s enough proof… this is a count number this is incontrovertible; there may be no method he can deny it.”