“My Outspoken Nature Landed Me In Jail” – Obasanjo Tasks Youths To Embrace Positive Leadership
Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo has urged African Youths to embrace positive leadership in effort to end bad government.
Obasanjo led this out on Friday, while addressing 15 young men and women who were selected from across the continent to participate in an interactive session at his Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
The former military leader urged youth to assume constructive leadership positions for the continent.
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He also disclosed that his attitude of not keeping quiet on national and international issues led him to jail under the leadership of the late Head of State, Gen. Sanni Abacha, in 1995.
Obasanjo added that his prison experience was part of the challenges of life he had, and the journey to it started with his inability not to always keep mute.
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He said: “I joined the Army, and at the age of 42, I finished my career as a military officer, but what could I do?
“I was still young, energetic, and dynamic, but I was still young. So, I took to Agriculture, and during that time, I went into prison, and that is not what I really wanted.
“Going into Prison is really a challenge because I refuse to keep quiet. For me, if there is anything to comment on, I did comment on them, and so, I landed in prison, and that is a challenge.
“And, when I came out from prison, the situation was so bad in the country that some people felt the need to be saved, and pressure started coming.”
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