Mandela, Tutu Encouraged Me to Run for President - Obasanjo

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that he sought advice from the late South African president Nelson Mandela and retired Anglican archbishop and rights activist Desmond Tutu before deciding to contest the 1999 presidential election.

Olusegun Obasanjo.

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