Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said on Saturday he made a huge mistake in the selection of his running mate in the 1999 general elections, IgbereTV reports
Obasanjo, who stated this during a leadership mentoring session with selected students in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, however, stressed that God saved him from the mistake.
Although the ex-president did not mention any name, in particular, people present at the gathering knew he was referring to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar
Obasanjo was elected the PDP presidential candidate for the election after defeating the late Dr. Alex Ekwueme in the party’s primary held in February 1999.
He later picked Abubakar who had been elected the Adamawa State governor as his running mate in the election.
He defeated Chief Olu Falae of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) in that year’s presidential election and ruled the country for eight years.
Obasanjo and Abubakar fell out before the end of their tenure in 2007
