A former Oyo State governor, Rashidi Ladoja, has accused ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo of masterminding his impeachment in 2006 after he opposed the former leader’s third term bid.
Ahead of his 75th birthday on Wednesday, Ladoja, who is the Osi Olubadan of Ibadanland, told journalists in an interview on Tuesday that Obasanjo threatened to reduce him to “nobody” for daring to oppose his third term bid.
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He said the former President rejected appeals by prominent Nigerians, including a late Yoruba leader, Pa Emmanuel Alayande, and former Attorney General of the Federation, Bola Ajibola, not to have him impeached.
“There was one that actually made the impeachment possible. It was Obasanjo’s third term,” he said.
“I also made a mistake. When I heard about the third term, I asked Baba (Obasanjo) if it was true. He said it was not true and I said thank God.
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“I said, ‘Baba, if not I would have said maybe you don’t know God’. I said God made it possible for you to be president for eight years and I said ‘this was a presidency you were not qualified for.’”
Ladoja said that despite all that happened he was glad he told Obasanjo the truth even if it was not welcomed.
