- Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed how he and four other eminent Nigerians conspired against former President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2015 presidential election.
He said they took the decision when they felt that the country stood at a crossroads, reports Punch
He made the revelation at a reception held in his honour at the Government House, Jalingo, Taraba State.
Obasanjo noted that the five of them decided to support President Muhammadu Buhari in the election in order to salvage the country from further woes, reports Daily Post.
Obasanjo said, “Three or four other of us from different part of the country got together and said to ourselves what do we do
“We said what is the problem with us and why are we still not growing. We got talking and knew we needed to do something.
Obasanjo said so far, Buhari had not disappointed them and the country.
“So far, Buhari has not disappointed us. I trust him, he will not fail Nigerians. I know he will overcome the challenges the country is currently facing.”
A jealous woman identified as Fatimoh Olanrewaju, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly brutalising her five-year-old stepson, Iyanu, ending up breaking his arms and a leg, Punch reports. The young boy whose mother had divorced from his father, was left in Fatimoh's care but according to neighbours, has been maltreating the child at every given opportunity till it got to the she had to break his arms and leg, with him ending up at the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, where he is undergoing treatment. The incident, according to reports, happened at Onihale village along the old Abeokuta-Lagos Expressway on Thursday, August 11, 2016. It was neighbours who reported the matter to the police leading to Fatimoh's arrest which was confirmed by the acting Police Public Relations Officer (APPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi, who said the woman and the boy's father have been detained and would be charged to court soon for child abuse.

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