Why I rejected US asylum offer before Abacha arrested me — Obasanjo

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Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo recounts rejecting an offer of asylum in the United States before his arrest under military ruler Sani Abacha. He describes reaching the highest military and political offices by age 42 and having no further career prospects in the army.

“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.