Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has described his decision to pick former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as his running mate in the 1999 presidential election as the greatest mistake he made while in office.
Obasanjo made the remark on Friday during a fireside chat with veteran entertainer and activist Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, in Lagos at the unveiling of Charly Boy’s foundation and his memoir, 999: A Memoir in Tribute to Late Justice Chukwudifu Oputa.
A video of the event was posted on iWitnessLive TV’s YouTube channel.
Responding to a question on the biggest mistake he made as president, Obasanjo said no active leader could claim to have served without making mistakes but singled out his choice of vice president as one he would not repeat.
“What I have found in my own life is that what could have been all my life… mistakes that could have been
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