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

By Bayo Wahab

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s denial of pushing for a 3rd word successful bureau has been powerfully refuted by governmental activistic and civilian nine leader, Dr. Usman Bugaje, who insisted that the ex-president “did everything wrong his power” to widen his tenure.

Obasanjo, portion speaking astatine a ideology dialog hosted by the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation successful Ghana past week, had dismissed the long-standing third-term controversy, saying: “I’m not a fool. If I wanted a 3rd term, I cognize however to spell astir it. And determination is nary Nigerian dormant oregon live that would accidental I called him and told him I wanted a 3rd term.”

But reacting connected Arise Television’s Morning Show connected Monday, Bugaje, who served arsenic a subordinate of the National Assembly during Obasanjo’s administration, maintained that legislators astatine the clip had first-hand cognition of the erstwhile president’s alleged ambition.

“I tin corroborate to you that Obasanjo looked for 3rd term. He did everything that helium could wrong his powerfulness to get 3rd term, helium failed to bash so,” Bugaje declared.

“Now, the information that helium did not instrumentality a telephone to marque a peculiar telephone to anybody is not capable grounds that helium did not look for 3rd term. It’s conscionable a substance of style, but each of america successful the National Assembly astatine that clip knew beyond immoderate uncertainty that helium worked time and night, and galore of america were threatened by his ain agents.”

Bugaje recalled however immoderate lawmakers allegedly suffered intimidation, citing Senator Victor Lar, past person of the Northern caucus of the House of Representatives, who, according to him, had to fell successful antithetic locations earlier a decisive gathering was held to defy the third-term bid.

“Those radical who really distributed the wealth and threatened america are alive. Those who received the wealth are alive. Those who refused to person the wealth are alive. There is capable evidence… this is simply a substance that is incontrovertible, determination is nary mode helium tin contradict it,” Bugaje stressed.

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