Osogbo, Osun state – Olusola Adeyeye, a former Osun Central senator, said he escaped five assassination attempts for rejecting the N70 million bribe given to lawmakers to support former President Olusegun Obasanjoâs third-term bid.
Adeyeye said he was the only federal lawmaker from Osun state who did not accept the N70 million bribe.
As reported by TheCable, he stated this while speaking on the botched third-term bid on Sunday Politics, a programme on Channels TV.
According to Adeyeye, his house and those of his colleagues were raided after the press conference in Osogbo, the Osun state capital.
Adeyeye alleged that there were several attempts to assassinate him following the revelation.
He claimed he hid in the houses of five of his friends at different times to escape being killed.
The lawmaker said it was President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who advised him on how to avoid assassination at the time.
He said Tinubu gave the advice when he went to him and told him he needed a bulletproof vehicle.
TimesNow.com.ng also reported that Senator Ken Nnamani in his new book opened up on the major role he played in stopping Obasanjo’s third term bid.
The former lawmaker said he strategically sacrificed his position for re-election into the National Assembly to achieve this.
Nnamani said a lot of promises including cash gifts were made to Senator and members of the party to support Obasanjo’s ambition.
TimesNow.com.ng earlier reported that Obasanjo clarified that he did not nurse third-term ambition while in office as claimed.
Obasanjo claimed some governors were the ones behind the ambition so that they could also remain in office for another term.
His comment followed claims by Atiku Abubakar and Ken Nnamani that they were instrumental to the non-realisation of the ambition.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
