Former President Olusegun Obasanjo with his wife Stella Obasanjo after his release from Yola Prison in June 1998.
Obasanjo’s journey to prison began in 1995 when General Sani Abacha, the late head of state, sentenced him to 30 years in prison for a coup. The former president was later released in 1998. He then took part in the 1999 presidential election and won it under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
After his release from prison, Obasanjo claims to have been “born again” and recounts his experience of how, thanks to him, a criminal he met in prison was converted.
