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I Turned Down N250m Bribe To Support Obasanjo’s Third Term Agenda – Ex-Senate President

Former Senate President Adolphus Wabara has reiterated his claim that he was offered N250 million to support the third term agenda of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Wabara said he turned down the N250 million bribe.

In an excerpt of a YouTube interview series, Untold Stories with Adesuwa, released on Monday, Wabara, when questioned about the veracity of his claim, firmly stated, “That’s very correct.”

Wabara while providing context to the political climate of that time, said, “Then when they were saying they were distributing N50 million per Senator, I didn’t believe it.”

Talking about his departure from office, the former Senate President, explained that, “First of all, I was not removed by Obasanjo, I resigned,” Wabara asserted.

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When the interviewer suggested there might have been pressure for his resignation, Wabara countered, “No, there was even no pressure.”

Highlighting the significance of rejecting the third-term agenda, Wabara stated, “Without people like us, there wouldn’t be democracy now. Yes, if we had supported the third term, you know, I mean we would have had dictatorship, tyranny, and people like Buhari wouldn’t have emerged. Even the present Tinubu would not have emerged because Obasanjo would have still been there.”

The ex-senate president also discussed the broader implications of their acts as well as the continued struggles the Igbo people face.

He said, “We have not been forgiven for what we did not cause, the Biafra War. It wasn’t our fault, but the propaganda is that the Igbos cannot be trusted.”

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