Abacha wanted to liquidate me - Obasanjo narrates how he was arrested

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has disclosed that the ex-military Head of State, Sani Abacha wanted him liquidated due to the fact that helium wanted to person his way.

Obasanjo disclosed this successful a video published by BBC, wherever helium narrated however helium was arrested by Abacha.

The erstwhile president besides disclosed going into farming aft retiring from the Nigerian Army.

According to Obasanjo: "When I was leaving the authorities arsenic the subject Head of State I was leaving excessively early, I didn't articulation the service to discontinue astatine the property of 42.

"At the property of 42 I person go a four-star general, determination was thing I could bash successful the army, I had go the subject Head of State, the highest governmental office.

"So what tin I do, I decided I volition spell into farming, it truly was going good and it went good until I was arrested.

"Abacha had decided that I indispensable beryllium liquidated, different helium won't beryllium capable to person his way, I didn't cognize that. I travelled and was coming back, the American ambassador successful Nigeria called maine and said his state has offered maine governmental asylum due to the fact that they cognize that I volition beryllium arrested if I instrumentality home.

"I haven't done anything, what would they apprehension maine for? Why would I privation a governmental asylum? When I arrived, they seized my passport and astatine the gross of my farm, my information said information had surrounded the farm.

"And not up to 15 minutes this antheral came successful with mufti, not uniform, and said I person been invited by the AIG to travel and help. I said if the AIG wants me...