Former president Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday, February 8, said he was "bubbly' and happy when he was serving his life imprisonment sentence in Yola prison.
"I had joy when I was in prison" - Ex-President says
Obasanjo stated at the 50th anniversary of the Bible Society of Nigeria (BSN) held at the Muson Centre,Onikan, Lagos.
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He was jailed in 1985 after been convicted for his involvement in the plot to overthrow the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, a sentence he said he did not deserve.
“When I was in prison, I had joy. I was always bubbly, teaching and preaching to other prisoners", Obasanjo said while delivering the BSN’s annual lecture titled: “Man in pursuit of happiness”.
He added, “it was because of the joy I had found in God, although it can be said to be abnormal that one is in prison and is happy.”
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Also present at the event were other BSN patrons, includingformer Head of State, Yakubu Gowon; former Head of the Interim National Government, Chief Ernest Shonekan; former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku and Chairman, Fidson Healthcare Plc, Elder Felix Ohiwerei.
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