Baba Owu or Baba Igbo as fondly referred to during and after the 2023 presidential election, former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, has opened-up on is failed third term bid as president.
He however maintain that some state governors were involved in his failed third-term ambition.
In 2006, a bill to amend the 1999 Constitution and extend term limits by another four years failed to sail through the National Assembly.
Ever since the fiasco, Obasanjo has consistently denied that he tried to extend his stay in office beyond 2007, saying some governors were behind it all.
While granting interview with Chude Jideonwo, Obasanjo spoke about his time in office and his administration’s stance on anti-corruption.
On his failed third term bid, he said: “The governors, some of them, were doing it for themselves because if the president did a third term, they too would have had a chance for a third term.”
