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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday shared details of a private conversation he had with late South African President Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu, a retired Anglican Bishop and South African rights activist, shortly after leaving prison.
Obasanjo spoke during a thanksgiving service tagged ‘Celebration of God’s grace at 80’, held at the Treasure House of God in Agbeloba, Abeokuta.
Obasanjo said: “When I came out from prison for the offence I didn’t commit and people started putting pressure on me to be Nigeria’s President, I was confused. But in that confusion I seek advice, not from here. I went first to Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu. Mandela said ‘Olu (Olusegun) whatever your instinct tells you, follow it’.
“Tutu, after listening to me, said ‘are you tired of serving God and your people.’ He now said ‘my advice to you is that go and do what your people asked you to do.’”
Obasanjo spoke during a thanksgiving service tagged ‘Celebration of God’s grace at 80’, held at the Treasure House of God in Agbeloba, Abeokuta.
Obasanjo said: “When I came out from prison for the offence I didn’t commit and people started putting pressure on me to be Nigeria’s President, I was confused. But in that confusion I seek advice, not from here. I went first to Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu. Mandela said ‘Olu (Olusegun) whatever your instinct tells you, follow it’.
“Tutu, after listening to me, said ‘are you tired of serving God and your people.’ He now said ‘my advice to you is that go and do what your people asked you to do.’”
