FROM THE VILLAGE TO THE VILLA AND BEYOND OLUSEGUN AREMU OKIKIOLA OBASANJO

This volume 2 is a sequel to volume 1. After returning home from an over three andhalf jail term of Abacha Military Regime phantom coup, Olusegun Aremu Obasanjoanswered the strong and active demand of many responsible Nigerians to save thecountry from the doldrums Abacha had plunged Nigeria into. He knew that most of the legacieshe left as Military Head of State are no more there. They have been lost in the fire of leadershipinsensitivity, executive arrogance, and institutional lawlessness. He picked up the pieces of hislife, rehabilitate his family, business, and other undertakings. But before he could parcel his lifeinto meaningful packages, pressures and appeals started to mount on him from many directionsto safe Nigeria and contest for the presidential election. After consulting with Nigerians of allclasses Obasanjo plunged into politics and registered as a member of the Peoples DemocraticParty (PDP). Running on the ticket of PDP, he was elected twice as the President of Nigeria. Within the space of eight years Obasanjos s administration transformed Nigeria from a pariahstate into one counted and wooed by almost all countries. Politics was established, the economybloomed, poverty was controlled and drastically r educed, corruption was fiercely battled andceased to be a way of life or be engaged in with impunity.