Special Reports

Obasanjo: The man history refuses to leave alone, By Lanre Ogundipe

For more than six decades, Obasanjo has stood at the crossroads of Nigeria’s political evolution. Soldier. Civil war commander. Military head of state. Prisoner. Democratically elected president. International statesman. Farmer. Author. Relentless commentator on national affairs. Few Nigerians have occupied so many defining moments in the nation’s history. Fewer still have continued to shape national conversations long after leaving office.