Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, revealed that the late erstwhile American ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington, offered him a political asylum in 1995 in the United States during the dark days of the military junta headed by General Sani Abacha. He acknowledged that the departed envoy contributed immensely to the return of civil rule in Nigeria in 1999. I came back and was arrested and imprisoned by Abacha. No doubt, his generous assistance to my family while I was a political prisoner makes me forever indebted to him. I can proudly say he was a true friend and brother.”

Source: The Guardian August 19, 2020 03:22 UTC