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.
Nikky amebo gathered that President Jonathan is seriously
pleading with Obasanjo to deny the pact but he (Obasanjo) is said
to be discussing with other Northern Generals before speaking up.