Then on the black Friday, February 13, 1976, Colonel Suka Dimka’s attempted coup took the life of the head of state. The government under General Obasanjo kept faith with the dead. When the military removed the Shehu Shagari regime in 1983, Obasanjo became the self-anointed conscience of the people. When he was not presiding over the African Leadership Forum or attending to his chickens, the general took time off to publish books – controversial books. General Obasanjo later fell victim of General Sani Abacha’s phantom coup.

Source: The Guardian January 24, 2018 02:37 UTC