The third-term agenda, a significant event in Nigeria’s 25 years of uninterrupted democratic governance, emerged as a bill for a constitutional amendment.
In an excerpt from the YouTube interview series “Untold Stories with Adesuwa,” released on Monday, July 1 and shared on an X handle, @OneJoblessBoy, Wabara, now the chairman of the People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) Board of Trustees, stated that he has no regrets about rejecting the bribe.
He said:
That bill, however, would have allowed then-President Olusegun Obasanjo to run for a third term.
Pro-Obasanjo senators had orchestrated efforts to push the third-term agenda, while anti-Obasanjo factions mobilized against it, as reported by Daily Trust.
Wabara, who had resigned as Senate president in 2005 amid a budget scandal, revitalized his political career with a powerful speech in the Senate that many believe influenced the subsequent voting.
He said:
Wabara declared in what became known as the “Oh my people” moment.
His speech resonated widely, especially since many had expected him to support the third-term agenda due to his ongoing budget scandal case.
He credited his education in the Soviet Union, where he was taught to abhor corruption, as a major influence on his decision.
The video below:
In another report, the current chairman of the board of trustees for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former senate president, Dr. Adolphus Wabara, expressed regret that he may not live long enough to witness an Igbo individual assume the presidency in Nigeria.
TimesNow.com.ng reported that he attributed this concern to what he perceives as deliberate political manoeuvres working against the Igbo community.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
