Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has insisted that he was not interested in the tenure elongation agenda (otherwise known as Third Term) in 2007.
Obasanjo, in 2006, sought to extend his tenure beyond the constitutionally-allowed two terms of four years each.
The former president, who was also the country’s military ruler between 1976 and 1979, wanted the National Assembly to amend the 1999 Constitution to enable him prolong his stay in office.
The move generated tension in the land at the time.
Obasanjo has repeatedly denied he had a plan to spend another four years in office.
“If I wanted a third term, I know how to go about it. And there is nothing I wanted that God has not given me,” he told Channels Television in 2012.
The former President, while speaking on Thursday, at a virtual engagement organised by Africa Leadership Group, said he was “audacious enough” to secure a third term if he had wanted it before exiting power in 2007.
The former president again refuted claims that he wanted a third term as president of the country.
“I never asked for a third term. If I wanted a third term, I would have got it. I am audacious enough to know how to get it,” Obasanjo said.
President Muhammadu Buhari recently took Obasanjo to the cleaners over the 3rd term agenda, among other issues.