{"id":179615,"date":"2025-09-19T08:08:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T07:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/obasanjo-denies-foolishness-over-third-term-claims"},"modified":"2025-09-19T09:10:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:10:23","slug":"obasanjo-denies-foolishness-over-third-term-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/obasanjo-denies-foolishness-over-third-term-claims","title":{"rendered":"Obasanjo Denies Foolishness Over Third Term Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has refuted long-standing claims that he attempted to secure a third term in office, insisting that no Nigerian can provide evidence to support such allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Obasanjo spoke on Wednesday at the Democracy Dialogue of the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation in Accra, Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I\u2019m not a fool. If I wanted it, some thought I wanted it, I know how to go about it. And there is no Nigerian, dead or alive, that will say I called him and told him I wanted the third term. None.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI keep telling them that, look, if I wanted to get debt relief, which is more difficult than getting a third term and I got it, if I wanted a third time, I would have got it too,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The former president argued that obtaining debt relief for Nigeria during his tenure was far more difficult than securing a third term, stressing that if he had truly pursued it, he would have achieved it.<\/p>\n<p>He also warned against leaders who believe they are irreplaceable, describing such a mentality as a \u201csin against God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the best of leadership comes from those who are young, vibrant, and dynamic, not from individuals who refuse to leave the stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that the best is done when you are young, ideal and vibrant and dynamic. When you are \u2018kuje kuje\u2019 you don\u2019t have the best.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut some people believe that unless they are there nobody else. They will even tell you that they haven\u2019t got anybody else. I believe that that is a sin against God, because if God takes you away, which God can do anytime, then somebody else will come, and that somebody else may do better or may do worse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t say he will do the work better. He may do better, he may do worse, but somebody else will come,\u201d Obasanjo stated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has refuted long-standing claims that he attempted to secure a third term in office, insisting that no Nigerian can provide evidence to support such allegations. Obasanjo spoke on Wednesday at the Democracy Dialogue of the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation in Accra, Ghana. \u201cI think I\u2019m not a fool. 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