The All Progressives Congress (APC) Youth League Oyo State chapter, under the dynamic leadership of Hon. Engr. Ayobami Dagilogba, demonstrated a remarkable show of unity and commitment to progressive ideals on Saturday 4th of October, 2025 as youths across the 33 Local Government Areas of the state converged in Ibadan for a Loyalty Walk in honour of President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR. The streets of the state capital came alive as thousands of energetic and determined young progressives marched in solidarity, reaffirming their support for the President’s vision and the enduring ideals of the APC. The walk, which drew massive participation, symbolized not only loyalty to President Tinubu but also the readiness of the APC Youth League to be the driving force of the party’s success ahead of the 2027 general elections. In his remarks, Hon. Dagilogba described the Loyalty Walk as “a resounding message of commitment” by the youths of Oyo State to the Renewed Hope Agenda, stressin...
Former Nigeria’s President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday, revealed how former president of the United States of America, Jimmy Carter, saved him from death in the hands of late General Sanni Abacha.
He said this during a memorial service in honor of the late US President, who died at the age of 100 years, last year December, held at Chapel of Christ the Glorious King, in Abeokuta.
Obasanjo noted that the visit and effort of the late US President to the late Abacha made his release from detention possible.
The former president said, the late Carter, was the only non-African leader, who paid a visit to Abacha solely to plead for his release, according to information at his disposal.
While describing the late Carter as a “titan and a man of peace”, with whom they shared some things in common.
He equally expressed appreciation to other world leaders and friends who ensured his release from prison.
“President Carter was one of my foreign friends who stuck their necks out to save my life and to seek my release from prison. On President Carter’s visit to Nigeria, he got Abacha to agree to take me from detention to house arrest on my farm. But that did not last for too long.
“Many other friends and leaders intervened but President Carter was the only non-African leader, according to my information, that paid a visit to Abacha solely to plead for my release.
“I would remain ever grateful to all who worked for my release from Abacha’s gulag. Abacha ensured that I would not be released. Within a week of his death though, I was released by his successor, General Abdulsalami
Abubakar, who also facilitated my going round Africa and the rest of the world to thank all those who worked for my release,” Obasanjo added.
He said Carter later informed him of the efforts of Ted Turner, an American entrepreneur and founder of the Cable News Network (CNN), and others to secure his release.
“But the most surprising thing Carter said to me was, “Please see Ted Turner and thank him for his generosity. He came to me and asked me to get his friend, Obasanjo, released from prison. ‘I will take care of him and his family here or wherever he chooses to live’.
“I was touched and moved to tears. I immediately went to Ted who expressed to me the same sentiment that President Carter expressed,” he said.
While describing the late Carter as a “titan and a man of peace”, with whom they shared some things in common.
He said “In terms of early life background, I shared similarity with President Jimmy Carter. He was born into a farming family in Plains, Georgia, and I was born into a farming family in the rural village of Ibogun-Olaogun in Ogun State.
“He grew up under a father and mother who were disciplinarians, who instilled in him the essence of discipline, morality, hard work, integrity, kindness and humility, compassion for the poor, and strong belief in God. My parents inculcated similar attributes in me as I was growing up in a rural area that had no piped water, and no electricity just as it was in Plains, Georgia, while Jimmy Carter was growing up there.
“He beat me though in one respect, there was a road to his settlement, there was no road to my village. We walked to every place, or, at best, we were carried on bicycles.
“President Carter had a military background which I had, and, in fact, we met when I was a military Head of State. But if not that we were both in politics, our paths may not have crossed.
“When I became Nigeria’s military Head of State, one major issue that Africa was facing, among others, was removing the last vestiges of colonization and getting rid of apartheid all in Southern Africa.”
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