Obasanjo Lied, He told Me About Wanting A Third Term –Orji Kalu

Posted by African Examiner Featured, Latest Headlines, News, News Across Nigeria Thursday, October 9th, 2025

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Orji Kalu, legislator representing Abia North, has stated that erstwhile president Olusegun Obasanjo invited him to the statesmanlike villa to archer him of his third-term ambition.

The African Examiner recalls that connected September 20, astatine a Democracy Dialogue successful Accra organised by the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation, Obasanjo refuted claims that helium ever pushed for a 3rd word successful office.

The erstwhile president stated that nary Nigerian surviving oregon deceased, tin bring grounds to substantiate the claim.

“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,” Obasanjo said.

Reacting, Kalu, speaking connected Channels Television’s Politics Today connected Wednesday, stated that Obasanjo’s caller denial of the 3rd word bid is “a bare lie”.

According to him, Obasanjo had personally informed him and different governors of his program to amend the constitution truthful that helium could enactment successful bureau beyond 2007.

“With owed respect to President Obasanjo, what helium said successful Ghana was a bare lie, a bare fallacy,” Kalu said.

“Many radical who were portion of that play are inactive alive, David Mark is alive, and others are alive. They cognize the truth.”

The Abia lawmaker besides alleged that wealth was shared among lawmakers to get their enactment for the plan.

“Senator Uche Chukwumerije brought N50 million, which they shared, and they asked maine if I would instrumentality it arsenic a governor,” helium said.

“I said no, spell and springiness it back. Even the nationalist information advisor (Nuhu Ribadu) would cognize Obasanjo was lying; helium was astatine the centre of it all.”

Kalu stated that his refusal to enactment the program caused a fallout betwixt him and the erstwhile president.

“My quarrel with him started erstwhile I told Presidents Thabo Mbeki of South Africa and George Bush of the United States that Obasanjo was moving for a 3rd term,” helium said.

“I adjacent told Nelson Mandela, whitethorn his psyche remainder successful peace. They each confronted him. I don’t cognize wherefore Nigeria should beryllium built connected lies by statesmen.

“Of course, Obasanjo told maine successful the villa that was the beginning. I told him it was not possible,” Kalu said.

 “He had already convinced immoderate governors, but radical similar maine and a fewer others said no. I americium a committed Christian. I took an oath with the Bible to service for lone 8 years, and that was the extremity of it.”

He stated that Obasanjo referred to long-serving leaders similar Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi to warrant his presumption to enactment successful power.

 “He utilized to accidental Gaddafi was inactive there, others were inactive there,” Kalu said.

“But ideology is astir the regularisation of law. The quality of constitut...