Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is a fan of Adesina's as are a few other former generals In the early s vice-president Yemi Osinbajo played a pivotal role as Lagos attorney general in securing a legal victory for the state over the Olusegun Obasanjo presidency to have more autonomy over allocations to local councils In the elections — the first democratic elections in sixteen years — he decided to run for the presidency as the candidate of the People's Democratic Party, PDP.
President Obasanjo won the elections and was later also re-elected in Within the period of his presidency, he played an instrumental role in bringing democracy back to the country. While leading a public campaign against corruption and implementing economic reforms in his country, he has been widely seen abroad as an African statesman championing debt relief and democratic institutions. And he has also been overseeing or consulted on the democratic elections of countries across the African continent especially on behalf of the African Union and ECOWAS.
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Continuing Murtala's policies, Obasanjo oversaw budgetary cut-backs and an expansion in access to free school education. Increasingly aligning Nigeria with the United States, he also emphasised support for groups opposing white minority rule in southern Africa.
Committed to restoring democracy, Obasanjo oversaw the election, after which he handed over control of Nigeria to the newly elected civilian president, Shehu Shagari. He then retired to Ota, Ogun, where he became a farmer, published four books, and took part in international initiatives to end various African conflicts. In , Sani Abacha seized power in a military coup. Openly critical of Abacha's administration, in Obasanjo was arrested and convicted of being part of a planned coup, despite protesting his innocence.
While imprisoned, he became a born again Christian, with providentialism strongly influencing his subsequent worldview. He was released following Abacha's death in Entering electoral politics, Obasanjo became the PDP candidate for the presidential election, which he won comfortably.
As president, he de-politicised the military and both expanded the police and mobilised the army to combat widespread ethnic, religious, and secessionist violence. He withdrew Nigeria's military from Sierra Leone and privatised various public enterprises to limit his country's spiralling debt. He was re-elected in the election. See Also: Business quotes from Nigeria entrepreneurs that will motivate you to success.
In the army, he rose quickly through the ranks. After joining, he served in the 5 Battalion in Kaduna and Cameroon. In , he became a second Lieutenant, and in , he was promoted to a Lieutenant. He was selected for the Congo operations due to his creditable performance in training and internal security exercises earlier in Southern Cameroon. Furthermore, he was promoted in to a temporary captain and then attended the Royal College of Military Engineering, England for a course.
After training in , he joined the engineering unit of the Nigerian Army and became the unit commander. That same year, he was promoted to the rank of a captain and attached to the College of Military Engineering at Kirkee, India.
There, he was regarded as the best Nigerian officer sent to Wellington. In , he became a lieutenant colonel, and was appointed as commander, second area command of Nigerian Army. Thereafter, a commander, Garrison, Ibadan, Nigeria, until In , he was promoted to colonel and appointed general officer commanding 3 Infantry Division, Nigerian Army.
And in , he accepted the Biafran surrender ending the Nigerian Civil war. From — , Obasanjo commanded the Engineering Corps, and was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in In January , Gen. Murtala Mohammed took over as the head of state in a military coup. The following year, he became a Lieutenant General. On February 13 , Obasanjo escaped death in a coup led by Col. The coup was unsuccessful as the plotters only killed Gen.
Murtala Muhammed, while Obasanjo and Gen. Theophilus Danjuma escaped death. Danjuma was the chief of army staff and de facto number three man in the country at the time. Obasanjo and Danjuma then established a chain of command and gained control of the system. He then pledged to continue the programme for the restoration of civilian government and to improve the quality of public service in Nigeria. He then handed over to Shehu Shagari, the newly elected civilian president of Nigeria.
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