Olusegun Obasanjo

===Third term agenda===
Obasanjo was embroiled in controversy regarding his "Third Term Agenda", a plan to modify the [[Constitution of Nigeria|constitution]] so he could serve a third, four-year term as president. This led to a political media uproar in Nigeria and the bill was not ratified by the [[National Assembly of Nigeria|National Assembly]].<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/12/AR2006051200518.html ''Bid to Allow Nigerian a Third Term Hits Snag''] – [[Washington Post]]. Published: 13 May 2006. Access date: 18 July 2012.</ref><ref>[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5410583 ''Nigeria Rejects Term-Limit Change in Constitution''], [[NPR]], 17 May 2006. Includes transcript. Accessed 19 July 2012.</ref> Consequently, Obasanjo stepped down after the [[2007 Nigerian general election|April 2007 general election]].<ref>{{cite web|date=29 March 2009|title=President of Nigeria loses bid for a 3rd term|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/05/16/news/lagos.php|access-date=23 April 2011|publisher=International Herald Tribune}}</ref> In an exclusive interview granted to [[Channels TV|Channels Television]], Obasanjo denied involvement in what has been defined as "Third Term Agenda". He said that it was the National Assembly that included tenure elongation amongst the other clauses of the [[Constitution of Nigeria]] that were to be amended. Obasanjo stated: "I never toyed with the idea of a third term."<ref>{{Cite news|date=7 April 2012|title=National Assembly initiated 3rd term – Obasanjo |language=en-US|work=Vanguard News|url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/04/national-assembly-initiated-3rd-term-obasanjo/|access-date=19 March 2018}}</ref>

Obasanjo was condemned by major political players during the Third Term Agenda saga. Senator [[Ken Nnamani]], former [[president of the Nigerian Senate]], claimed Obasanjo informed him about the agenda shortly after he became senate president. He said: "Immediately, I became senate president, he told me of his intentions and told me how he wanted to achieve it. I initially did not take him seriously until the events began to unfold." He also insinuated that Eight Billion Naira was spent to corrupt legislators to support the agenda, asking: "How can someone talk like this that he didn't know about it, yet money, both in local and foreign currencies, exchanged hands." [[Femi Gbajabiamila]] corroborated Nnamani's account but put the figure differently, stating: "The money totaled over N10 billion. How could N10bn be taken out of the national treasury for a project when you were the sitting President, yet that project was not your idea? Where did the money come from?" In the following quotes, Nnamani said US president [[George W. Bush]] warned Obasanjo to desist from his plan to contest presidential election for the third term. He commented: "If you want to be convinced that the man is only telling a lie, pick up a copy of the book written by [[Condoleezza Rice]], a former US secretary of state. It is actually an [[autobiography]] by Rice. On page 628 or page 638, she discussed Obasanjo's meeting with Bush, how he told the former American President that he wanted to see how he could amend the Constitution so that he could go for a third term. To his surprise, Bush told him not to try it. Bush told him to be patriotic and leave by 29 May 2007."<ref>{{cite web|title=Obasanjo is a joker, liar, he was behind third term – Nnamani, others |website= Punchng.com |url=http://www.punchng.com/news/obasanjo-is-a-joker-liar-he-was-behind-third-term-nnamani-others/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927082343/http://www.punchng.com/news/obasanjo-is-a-joker-liar-he-was-behind-third-term-nnamani-others/|archive-date=27 September 2013|access-date=10 August 2013}}</ref>