Bukola Saraki Sends a Warm Message To Obasanjo

The former Senate President of Nigeria, Dr. Bukola Saraki have taken to his official page to wish Chief Olusegun Obasanjo a happy birthday following the rumor Obasanjo won't ne celebrating due to the widely spread virus, Coronavirus.

Bukola Saraki's message got everyone talking about his kind heart and soft mind for wish baba a happy birthday in life.

In his message, he recognized the facts that Olusegun Obasanjo was the one who brought him up and brush him in way of Politics.

According to him he wrote: "I am forever grateful for the opportunity Baba gave me at the beginning of my career in public service and have long since imbibed that principle of giving opportunities to a new generation of leaders who show potential to contribute to the growth and development of our nation..."

Chief Olusegun Obasanjo born 5th of March, 1937. He was born in the village of Ibogun-Olaogun to a farming family of the Owu branch of the Yoruba, Obasanjo was educated largely in Abeokuta. Joining the Nigerian Army, where his specialism was in engineering, he spent time assigned in the Congo, Britain, and India, rising to the rank of major. In the latter part of the 1960s, he played a major role in combating Biafran separatists in the Nigerian Civil War, accepting their surrender in 1970.

In 1975, Murtala Mohammed seized power in a coup and established a military junta.

After Mohammed's assassination the following year, the military appointed Obasanjo as the head of the government. Following the 1979 election, Obasanjo handed over control of Nigeria to the newly elected civilian president, Shehu Shagari.