‘You Wanted A Third Term, I Have Proof’, Bugaje Counters Obasanjo

A former federal lawmaker, Alhaji Usman Bugaje, has countered former President Olusegun Obasanjo that he actually wanted a Third Term despite his denial to the contrary.

Speaking on Arise News channels monitored in Lagos on Monday, the Katsina born former lawmaker who represented Jabia/ Kaita federal constituency in the House of Representatives from 2003 to 2007 said Obasanjo used threat and force to sustain the third term project to no avail.

According to him, ” Obasanjo wanted a Third Term and I have a proof. He used threat and force but he was beaten to his game and the Third Term collapsed.”

It will be recalled that Obasanjo speaking in Accra, Ghana at the weekend had challenged anyone with proof that he wanted a third term should come forward.

Obasanjo, who spoke as a panelist at Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s Foundation, had boasted that if he had wanted a third term he would have gotten it.

” There’s nobody either living or dead that would say I wanted a third term. If I had wanted it, I would have gotten it. I challenge anyone with proof that I wanted a third term to come forward,” he added.

But before his death Senator Ibrahim Mantu actually confessed being part of Obasanjo’s third term project and seek for forgiveness.