How Abdusalami, others made me president in 1999 —Obasanjo
How Abdusalami, others made me president in 1999 —Obasanjo
FORMER president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, in
Minna, Niger State, on Monday, related how a former military head of state,
General Abdulsalami Abubakar, alongside others, made him civilian president in
1999.
This was as he recalled his prison experience
during the days of the late military president, General Sani Abacha.
Obasanjo, who was the chairman at the maiden
Investment Summit, with the theme: “Impact Investing For Advancing Agricultural
Economy and Innovation,” organised by the Niger State government, said General
Abubakar dragged him out of the prisons and pardoned him for the offence he did
not commit.
At the summit, held at Justice Legbo Kutigi
International Conference Centre, Obasanjo said General Abubakar “conspired”
with others to take him to Abuja and made him the president, adding that he was
eternally grateful to him for the singular act.
At the summit were Acting President Yemi
Osinbajo; Governors Sani Bello (Niger); Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto) and Jibrilla
Bindow (Adamawa); the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar; the Etsu Nupe,
Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar; General M.I. Wushishi and Colonel Sani Bello.
Other dignitaries at the event were Minister of
Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh; Minister of Women Affairs and Social
Development, Hajiya Aisha Jumai Alhasan, among others.
Speaking further, Obasanjo said the only thing
that could lead the country out of recession was agricultural business.
“It will sustain us and give all the jobs and
wealth creation that we need,” he said.
