Atiku, through his Media Consultant, Garba Shehu told pointblanknews that President Obasanjo is still very angry over his third term ambition that was scuttled and as such can raise any allegation against those who scuttled his ambitions.

“The Vice-President said we should expect more. The President is angry because he is being forced to go and we have to ignore him. The only response to an angry President who has been forced to go is to ignore him and let him go,” Shehu said.

However, according to the President Obasanjo, "it was Na'Abba after having a meeting with Atiku that started the impeachment move against me that is absolute nonsense. It should not be allowed to happen, it was our own members after they have got $5000 each from Atiku, that  also started the process of removing (Chief Evan) Enwerem for (the late Dr.) Chuba Okadigbo and that was the first time money entered the National Assembly. Those who got the money told me."

Speaking further on the feud between him and his deputy, Obasanjo admitted that there was a time during the crisis that Atiku wanted him dead so that he could take over power, having been assured by a marabout that he (Obasanjo) would die in office.

“It was like a fight to finish, I heard it from two to three sources. This is somebody that told Dan Etete (former Petroleum Minister under the late General Sani Abacha) that 'don't worry the President will be dead soon. And not only that, one of my minister now said the Vice president called him and locked the door and told him that 'look maybe you don't know what has happened, when I won the governorship election, my marabout told me that I will not be sworn-in. I did not know the meaning until I was picked as vice president, so I really was not sworn in as governor. So the same marabout has told me that I will be President when this man dies and had given me a month that he will die, you better prepare.' "These are what I have heard. This shows what I call the bankruptcy of ideas. Bankruptcy of knowledge and lack of knowledge in God and the affairs of God on the lives of human beings. If I will live for another twenty years, it is in the hands of God. I am not afraid of such stupidity. Of course, I know that you can be poisoned but if God wants to save you, you will be saved”, he added

The President advocated for an amendment of the constitution in a way that the President and governors will not have a joint ticket with their deputies saying the system encourages disloyalty from the deputies.

Obasanjo said from his experience with Atiku, there is need to change the selection of a vice president and deputy after the President and governor must have been elected instead of running on the same ticket.

He said the selection of deputies should henceforth be the sole responsibility of the political party and confirmation by the state assembly or party executive.

While canvassing for a change that would ensure a harmonious working relationship between the President and Governor and their deputies, he stated that he believes “that the experience we are now gaining must be utilized. I will say that whatever you do, the party should pick the deputy who will then be confirmed by the State assembly or the national executive of the party.

“The Vice President and the deputy Governor should not be on the ticket of voting with the President or the governor. After the president and the governor have won the election, the party should then pick the vice President and the deputy governor so that they do not see themselves as competing. I believe that will put a check if the deputy runs foul of the party or the government.

“And a situation where we are now told that the deputy who came with you on the same ticket and manifest can now desert it is to me like a woman who is married in church and then you say yes I am married but while I maintain my marriage with you, I will go with another man. It is something that we have to look into. The truth is this, if the deputy will work as it should be, then there should be a meeting of the minds”, the President added.

“We have to look at it again because one of the things that happened in the last election is that I do not know of any case where a governor supported his deputy to be his successor except in Zamfara State. So I think that we should study and find out why because this is not good enough", he further said.

Obasanjo also denied that he commissioned some people to get him a third term in office challenging anybody with contrary evidence to come out with the facts. "I challenge anybody to come out and say I told him to go and work out a third term of office for me or that I bribed anybody. I pity such ignorance, mischief, I have never bribed anybody."