How I Begged Abacha Not To Execute Obasanjo In 1995 – Gowon Share Details
Nigeria’s Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon has disclosed how he appealed with late Gen. Sani Abacha in a letter not to execute former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the alleged coup plot in 1995.
The former Head of State revealed this at the first edition of the Interdenominational Unity Christmas Carol and Praise Festival organised by the Plateau Government.
It would be recalled that Obasanjo was arrested in 1995 by Gen. Sani Abacha and convicted of being part of a planned coup to overthrow his government.
Obasanjo then spent three years in prison before he was released in 1998 after the death of Gen. Abacha on June 8 of that year.
Gowon said, “I wrote a letter to Abacha, I pleaded with him that God made him a leader to do good and not evil.
“I sent my wife with the letter in the middle of the night to Abacha in Abuja; I pleaded with him that such a thing should not happen.
“I’m glad that soon after that, things changed, and not only that Obasanjo left prison, he became our president in 1999.
“This is something that only prayers and sincerity can do; I’m happy that today myself and Obasanjo are here to celebrate the unity of Plateau,” he said.
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