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Togo President Faure Gnassingbé will seek to extend his rule after accepting the ruling UNIR party’s request to stand in an election scheduled for Feb. 22.
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“The party executive members told me me to run for this election and I accept,” Gnassingbé told reporters after a party meeting Tuesday in the capital, Lomé.
Lawmakers in the West African nation last year approved reforms limiting a president to two terms in office though Gnassingbé will be allowed to run for a further two stints if he wins.
He has ruled Togo since the death in 2005 of his father Gnassingbe Eyadema, who seized power in a 1967 coup.
Read more: Togo Sets Presidential Election Date for February 22
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