“I didn’t know Gowon intervened to spare my life” – Obasanjo

From Jude Owuamanam, Jos

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday made a startling revelation, stating that he was unaware his predecessor in office, General Yakubu Gowon, had pleaded with the late General Sani Abacha not to execute him after he (Obasanjo) was implicated in an attempt to topple the Abacha administration.

Gowon had disclosed on Friday, during an interdenominational…