Orji Uzor Kalu the former Abia State Governor and Senate Chief Whip has revealed how late South African leader, Nelson Mandela, ensured Olusegun Obasanjo dropped his third-term presidential agenda.
Kalu made this known while giving a speech on ‘The Mandela I Know’, at the 10th commemoration of Nelson Mandela Day organised by the South African High Commission in Nigeria at the University of Abuja.
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In his words, he said, “I recall my personal interactions with him (Mandela), especially during our national struggle to force President Olusegun Obasanjo to drop his plan to amend the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and secure an extension of his tenure.
“Disturbed by the details, Mandela placed a call to President Olusegun Obasanjo and told him in clear terms that whatever his plans were, it was neither desirable for Africa. “That intervention, proved strategic to the leadership question in Nigeria at the time, leading to elections in 2007.”
