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If the Nigerian Bar Association should have its way, elected political office holders in the country would not have the chance for a second term. In letters to both chambers of parliament last month, the umbrella body for Nigerian lawyers canvassed an urgent amendment to the constitution to provide for a single, five-year presidency that would extend President Olusegun Obasanjo’s stay in office by one year.