Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has
spoken of his experience in prison.
He made the revelation when
he delivered a lecture at the AIG-Blavatnik school of he government,
University of Oxford, UK.
Obasanjo was sent to jail after
the Sani Abacha regime accused him of plotting a phantom coup.
His words: “Prison experience
was a good school for leadership training and preparation for high political
office.
”The three years, three months
and three days, I spent in jail following a phantom coup were spent reflecting
on how to serve God and humanity
“It was an isolation, but
meditative and reflective, if not very interactive experience. It gave me the
opportunity to read, to pray and to think.
”And it positioned me to be in
a good state of mind when I became the president of Nigeria. It was a sort of
silent contemplation. Silence has its usefulness, power and its reward.
“Although, I will not recommend
prison as an ideal place for leadership preparation, but if it has to be then
one must make very good use of it. I have made the point on a number of
occasions that my prison experience was sad but beneficial.”
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