Obasanjo Knows Of Jonathan’s One-Term Pact; President Now Begging Him To Deny

The 5 northern states governors opposed to the
plan by President Goodluck Jonathan to run for
another term in 2015 have said that former
President Olusegun Obasanjo was very much
aware that Jonathan indeed agreed to serve for
only one term, after spending two years of Yar-
Adua's Administration.
“We are impressed with the report that Dr
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has already taken a
unique and unprecedented step of declaring
that he would only want to be a one-term
president. If so, whether he knows it or not,
that is a sacrifice and it is statesmanly.
"Rather than vilify him and pull him down, we
as a party should applaud and commend him
and Nigerians should reward and venerate him.
He has taken the first good step; let us
encourage him to take more good steps to
achieve what we need to achieve for this
country by voting for him in landslide victory as
the first elected president of Nigeria on basis of
our common Nigerian identity and for the
purpose of actualising the Nigerian dream. God
bless you all."
According to the governors, Obasanjo had stated
this at the grand finale of the PDP presidential
campaign in March 2011, while acknowledging the
one-term pact.
The governors who are elected on the platform of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have
therefore urged Obasanjo to speak out on the
matter, insisting that Jonathan in 2011 had a pact
with the north not to seek re-election after his first
term in office.
The governors are Sule Lamido (Jigawa), Rabiu
Musa Kwankwaso (Kano), Murtala Nyako
(Adamawa), Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto) and Muazu
Babangida Aliyu (Niger).
A source close to one of the governors said the
lingering crisis in the PDP has continued unabated
because Obasanjo has kept silent over the
controversial one-term pact Jonathan allegedly
entered into prior to his emergence as the PDP
presidential candidate in 2011.