Abacha wished to liquidate me – Obasanjo narrates how he was arrested

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has disclosed that the ex-military Head of State, Sani Abacha wished him liquidated as a result of he wished to have his means.

Obasanjo disclosed this in a video printed by BBC, the place he narrated how he was arrested by Abacha.

The former president additionally disclosed going into farming after retiring from the Nigerian Army.

According to Obasanjo: “When I was leaving the government as the military Head of State I was leaving too early, I didn’t join the army to retire at the age of 42.

“At the age of 42 I’ve grow to be a four-star basic, there was nothing I might do within the military, I had grow to be the army Head of State, the best political workplace.

“So what can I do, I decided I will go into farming, it really was going well and it went well until I was arrested.

“Abacha had determined that I should be liquidated, in any other case he will not be capable to have his means, I did not know that. I travelled and was coming again, the American ambassador in Nigeria known as me and mentioned his nation has supplied me political asylum as a result of they know that I shall be arrested if I return residence.

“I haven’t done anything, what would they arrest me for? Why would I want a political asylum? When I arrived, they seized my passport and at the gate of my farm, my security said security had surrounded the farm.

“And less than quarter-hour this man got here in with mufti, not uniform, and mentioned I’ve been invited by the AIG to return and assist. I mentioned if the AIG needs me to assist, he won’t invite me, he’ll come right here.

“It was my own car I drove to the police station and the AIG said, ‘I have been instructed to arrest you.’ I didn’t know that it was Abacha’s decision that some of us must not be kept free otherwise.”