Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo ,while speaking at
the 50th anniversary of the Bible Society of Nigeria held at the Muson Centre,
Onikan, Lagos, said that he had joy and maintained a bubbly disposition
while he served his prison term during the Abacha regim. Obasanjo was sentenced
to life imprisonment in 1995 after he was convicted for his involvement in the
plot to overthrow the late Head of State, Gen. Abacha. He was released after
Abacha's sudden death in 1998 and became president in 1999.
"When I was in prison, I had
joy. I was always bubbly, teaching and preaching to other prisoners. It was
because of the joy I had found in God, although it can be said to be abnormal
that one is in prison and is happy. I was put in jail, even though I didn’t
deserve it.” he said
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