{"id":67315,"date":"2022-06-26T11:33:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T10:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/i-made-mistake-while-picking-my-vice-in-1999-obasanjo"},"modified":"2022-06-26T12:36:52","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T11:36:52","slug":"i-made-mistake-while-picking-my-vice-in-1999-obasanjo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-made-mistake-while-picking-my-vice-in-1999-obasanjo","title":{"rendered":"I made mistake while picking my vice in 1999 \u2013 Obasanjo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that he made a mistake while picking his vice when he ruled as a civilian head of state in 1999.<\/p>\n

Obasanjo said this at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, Ogun State, while fielding questions from secondary school students in a programme.<\/p>\n

While interacting with the students, Obasanjo revealed that he had made many \u201cgenuine mistakes\u201d in his life; saying, however, that God made him overcome them.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the mistakes I made was picking my number two when I wanted to become the president. But because it was a genuine mistake, God saved me,\u201d Obasanjo said.<\/p>\n

DAILY POST reports that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, was Obasanjo\u2019s second-in-command from 1999 to 2007.<\/p>\n

While in office, the duo of Obasanjo and Atiku disagreed on issues as they went up in arms against each other for years.<\/p>\n

Speaking about the second mistake, Obasanjo said he refused an asylum offered to him by the American Embassy when he was about to be arrested by the late former military dictator, General Sani Abacha.<\/p>\n

According to Obasanjo, he would have lost his life during the period of his incarceration, but God saved him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Abacha wanted to arrest me, I was told by the American ambassador that they will arrest me and that America has asked that I should be given an asylum. I said no. It could have been a mistake because I could have lost my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Balogun Owu maintained that God had saved him from many things that could have been a mistake.<\/p>\n

On whether the youths could be allowed to rule the nation, Obasanjo expressed worries, stating that youths may never come into power if the current trend in Nigeria continues.<\/p>\n

The former president regretted that in spite of the \u201cNot Too Young to Run\u201d campaign, people contesting to rule the nation are between 70 and 80 years old.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow can the youths run,\u201d he asked, adding that the amount of money involved in going into politics would not allow youths to get to leadership positions.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that he made a mistake while picking his vice when he ruled as a civilian head of state in 1999. Obasanjo said this at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, Ogun State, while fielding questions from secondary school students in a programme. While interacting with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":67314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,254,479],"class_list":["post-67315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-nigeria","tag-obasanjo"],"yoast_head":"\nI made mistake while picking my vice in 1999 \u2013 Obasanjo - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that he made a mistake while picking his vice when he ruled as a civilia ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-made-mistake-while-picking-my-vice-in-1999-obasanjo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I made mistake while picking my vice in 1999 \u2013 Obasanjo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that he made a mistake while picking his vice when he ruled as a civilia ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-made-mistake-while-picking-my-vice-in-1999-obasanjo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-06-26T10:33:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-06-26T11:36:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_3-62b844bc932eb.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-made-mistake-while-picking-my-vice-in-1999-obasanjo#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-made-mistake-while-picking-my-vice-in-1999-obasanjo\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"I made mistake while picking my vice in 1999 \u2013 Obasanjo\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-26T10:33:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-26T11:36:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-made-mistake-while-picking-my-vice-in-1999-obasanjo\"},\"wordCount\":367,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-made-mistake-while-picking-my-vice-in-1999-obasanjo#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_3-62b844bc932eb.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Nigeria\",\"Obasanjo\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-made-mistake-while-picking-my-vice-in-1999-obasanjo#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-made-mistake-while-picking-my-vice-in-1999-obasanjo\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-made-mistake-while-picking-my-vice-in-1999-obasanjo\",\"name\":\"I made mistake while picking my vice in 1999 \u2013 Obasanjo - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-made-mistake-while-picking-my-vice-in-1999-obasanjo#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-made-mistake-while-picking-my-vice-in-1999-obasanjo#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_3-62b844bc932eb.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-26T10:33:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-26T11:36:52+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that he made a mistake while picking his vice when he ruled as a civilia ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-made-mistake-while-picking-my-vice-in-1999-obasanjo#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-made-mistake-while-picking-my-vice-in-1999-obasanjo\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-made-mistake-while-picking-my-vice-in-1999-obasanjo#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_3-62b844bc932eb.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_3-62b844bc932eb.jpg\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"I made mistake while picking my vice in 1999 \u2013 Obasanjo\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-made-mistake-while-picking-my-vice-in-1999-obasanjo#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"I made mistake while picking my vice in 1999 \u2013 Obasanjo\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"I made mistake while picking my vice in 1999 \u2013 Obasanjo - Nigeria","description":"Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that he made a mistake while picking his vice when he ruled as a civilia ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-made-mistake-while-picking-my-vice-in-1999-obasanjo","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"I made mistake while picking my vice in 1999 \u2013 Obasanjo","og_description":"Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that he made a mistake while picking his vice when he ruled as a civilia ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-made-mistake-while-picking-my-vice-in-1999-obasanjo","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2022-06-26T10:33:42+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-06-26T11:36:52+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_3-62b844bc932eb.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-made-mistake-while-picking-my-vice-in-1999-obasanjo#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-made-mistake-while-picking-my-vice-in-1999-obasanjo"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"I made mistake while picking my vice in 1999 \u2013 Obasanjo","datePublished":"2022-06-26T10:33:42+00:00","dateModified":"2022-06-26T11:36:52+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-made-mistake-while-picking-my-vice-in-1999-obasanjo"},"wordCount":367,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-made-mistake-while-picking-my-vice-in-1999-obasanjo#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_3-62b844bc932eb.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Nigeria","Nigeria","Obasanjo"],"articleSection":["all news","homepage-english","Policy","twitter"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-made-mistake-while-picking-my-vice-in-1999-obasanjo#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-made-mistake-while-picking-my-vice-in-1999-obasanjo","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-made-mistake-while-picking-my-vice-in-1999-obasanjo","name":"I made mistake while picking my vice in 1999 \u2013 Obasanjo - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-made-mistake-while-picking-my-vice-in-1999-obasanjo#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-made-mistake-while-picking-my-vice-in-1999-obasanjo#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_3-62b844bc932eb.jpg","datePublished":"2022-06-26T10:33:42+00:00","dateModified":"2022-06-26T11:36:52+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that he made a mistake while picking his vice when he ruled as a civilia ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-made-mistake-while-picking-my-vice-in-1999-obasanjo#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-made-mistake-while-picking-my-vice-in-1999-obasanjo"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-made-mistake-while-picking-my-vice-in-1999-obasanjo#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_3-62b844bc932eb.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_3-62b844bc932eb.jpg","width":1600,"height":900,"caption":"I made mistake while picking my vice in 1999 \u2013 Obasanjo"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-made-mistake-while-picking-my-vice-in-1999-obasanjo#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"I made mistake while picking my vice in 1999 \u2013 Obasanjo"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}