The Presidency has reacted to a story that has been flying round that there is a plot to seek third term for President Muhammadu Buhari.
As it was said during the second term of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, there have been rumours that Buhari will go for a third term.
But the Presidency said in a statement on Sunday that there was no such plan.
In the statement signed by Bihari’s media aide, She Garba, the government dismissed the stories as lies.
The statement read: “The Presidency wishes to correct internet-based gossip and un-informed media commentary regarding presidential term limits, given credence by so-called support groups, staging street demonstrations asking President Muhammadu Buhari to do a third term.
“There are no circumstances – nor set of circumstances – under which President Buhari may seek to amend the Constitution regarding the two-term limit on holding office as President.
“President Buhari intends to serve his full second elected term in office, ending 2023 – and then there shall be a general election in which he will not be a candidate.
“There is not even the faintest possibility that this will change. It is important to note that there was a past attempt to change the constitution to allow for the-then incumbent president to stand for a third term.
“That attempt was wrong, unconstitutional – and rightly rebuffed. No such attempt will happen under this President.
“President Buhari is a democrat. He respects the constitution. Any activity aimed at altering the two-term limit will not succeed and shall never have his time nor support.”
Some had said that the alleged bullying of the Vice President, Prof. Remi Osinbajo, was part of the scheme as the shimmers would want to destroy his chances of seeking to contest.
They also linked it to the North/South rivalry as they noted that the President might want to return to puncture the idea that power should return to the South.
