How I escaped assassination - Obasanjo narrates near death experience

How I escaped assassination - Obasanjo narrates near death experience
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28/12/2020
Kess Ewubare
- Olusegun Obasanjo has spoken about a lifesaving meeting he had on the day the coup of 1976 occurred
- The former president praised the virtues of a retired general, Olu Bajowa
- The elder statesman said the retired army officer was a dedicated soldier
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How I escaped assassination - Obasanjo narrates near death experience
A former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo has narrated how Gen Olu Bajowa (retd) saved him from being assassinated during the Buka Suka Dimka coup of 1976.
Obasanjo said that if Bajowa had not invited him to his son’s naming ceremony, he would have been shot dead by the coup plotters.

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