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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo deceived Nigerians in 2005 when he organised a national conference, legal activist Prof. Itse Sagay recalled in Lagos yesterday. He was a member of the committee for that conference.
Sagay spoke against the background of the criticisms of the national dialogue being proposed by President Goodlcuk Jonathan. The President has set up the Femi Okurounmu committee to plan the conference.
Sagay spoke at a lecture organised by the Centre for Change at the Sheraton Hotels, Ikeja, Lagos. Others who spoke at the event were former Pastor Tunde Bakare and Prof. Pius Adesanmi, who delivered the keynote lecture.
Sagay said: “Obasanjo called for a national conference and we agreed to work with him thinking he was sincere, but unknown to us, it was a vehicle for the amendment of the constitution to enthrone his third term bid.
“When we got to realise that some of his people were working and having late night meetings for his third term, that was when some of us opted out.”
The Nation Newspaper :
http://thenationonlineng.net/new/conference-obasanjo-deceived-nigerians-in-2005-says-sagay/
Sagay spoke against the background of the criticisms of the national dialogue being proposed by President Goodlcuk Jonathan. The President has set up the Femi Okurounmu committee to plan the conference.
Sagay spoke at a lecture organised by the Centre for Change at the Sheraton Hotels, Ikeja, Lagos. Others who spoke at the event were former Pastor Tunde Bakare and Prof. Pius Adesanmi, who delivered the keynote lecture.
Sagay said: “Obasanjo called for a national conference and we agreed to work with him thinking he was sincere, but unknown to us, it was a vehicle for the amendment of the constitution to enthrone his third term bid.
“When we got to realise that some of his people were working and having late night meetings for his third term, that was when some of us opted out.”
The Nation Newspaper :
http://thenationonlineng.net/new/conference-obasanjo-deceived-nigerians-in-2005-says-sagay/
