Failed third term bid: Some Governors wanted it so they would have a chance to do same – Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that some state governors were involved in his failed third-term ambition.

Obasanjo has consistently denied that he tried to extend his stay in office beyond 2007, saying some governors were behind it all.

In 2006, a bill to amend the 1999 Constitution and extend term limits by another four years failed to sail through the National Assembly.

Speaking in an interview with Media Personality Chude Jideonwo, 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.”