“I would have secured a third-term if I wanted it” – Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said he could have secured a third term in office if he wanted, saying he is audacious enough to get it. This is as he says he won’t join the campaign train of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, saying he has done his best by writing his endorsement. The former president said these while speaking at a virtual engagement organised by Africa Leadership Group. Recall that Obasanjo had in his New Year message to Nigerians, titled: “My appeal to all…

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“We’ll capture any group doing third-term agenda for me, I am going in 2023” – President Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to abide by the country’s Constitution and avoid any form of tenure extension beyond May 29, 2023. The President, in a statement released by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, gave the warning yesterday, during a meeting with a group of Nigerians resident in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. According to the statement, the president swore to Nigerians by the Holy Quran and the Constitution and has no plan whatsoever to renege on the oath, warning that nobody should start campaigning…

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Four dead in Ivory Coast clashes over President Ouattara’s third term bid

At least four people have been killed in clashes in Ivory Coast as hundreds have taken to the streets following President Alassane Ouattara’s decision to run for a third term this October, sources said on Thursday. At least three people were killed on Wednesday in the central town of Daoukro in clashes between Ouattara supporters and backers of rival candidate Henri Konan Bedie, a security source and witnesses said. On Thursday, an 18-year-old died in the southeastern town of Bonoua, 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the economic hub Abidjan in…

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