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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has recounted how he rejected an offer of political asylum from the United States despite warnings that the late military Head of State, General Sani Abacha, was planning to arrest him if he returned to Nigeria. Obasanjo said he refused to seek refuge abroad because he believed he had committed no […]
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Upgrade this serverFormer President Olusegun Obasanjo has recounted how he rejected an offer of political asylum from the United States despite warnings that the late military Head of State, General Sani Abacha, was planning to arrest him if he returned to Nigeria. Obasanjo said he refused to seek refuge abroad because he believed he had committed no […]
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo recounts how he rejected US asylum, returned to Nigeria and was arrested during Abacha’s military rule.
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says he rejected the political asylum offered to him by the United States government when the military regime of ex-head of state Sani Abacha wanted to arrest him. Obasanjo spoke recently during an event organised by the Department of School Library and Media Technology at the University of Ibadan (UI). Obasanjo served as Nigeria’s military head of state between 1976 and 1979. He was also civilian president from 1999 to 2007. Speaking of his experience after he left the office of head of state, the ex-president said he retired from the military “too early”…
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that he rejected an offer of political asylum from the United States despite being warned that he risked arrest
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said he rejected an offer of political asylum from the United States because he had committed The post Why I rejected US offer of asylum despite threat of arrest — Obasanjo appeared first on Tribune Online .
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has recounted how he rejected an offer of political asylum from the United States, returned to Nigeria and was subsequently arrested and imprisoned under the regime of the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha. The post How I was imprisoned after rejecting US asylum – Obasanjo appeared first on The Sun Nigeria .
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Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has shared a detailed account of the events that led to his retirement from the military at a remarkably young age, his subsequent venture into full-time farming, and his dramatic arrest and imprisonment under the brutal military regime of the late General Sani Abacha. In a newly surfaced video interview […] The post From military leader to midnight prisoner: Why Obasanjo refused US protection appeared first on ThePointNG .
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“Now I had to retire at the age of 42. At the age of 42, I had become a four-star general. There’s nothing else I can do in the army. I’ve become the military head of state. That’s the highest political office I could rise. The post Why I rejected US asylum offer before Abacha arrested me — Obasanjo appeared first on Vanguard News .
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has explained why he left the Nigerian Army and ventured into farming at the age of 42, saying The post Why I abandoned Army for farming at 42 — Obasanjo appeared first on Tribune Online .
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