In response to a statement made by former Head of State General Yakubu Gowon (rtd.), former President Olusegun Obasanjo said that Gowon begged the late military Head of State General Sani Abacha not to execute Obasanjo.
Abacha's dictatorship imprisoned Obasanjo as part of a purported coup attempt to overthrow Abacha.


