Olusegun Obasanjo
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His current home is Abeokuta, the capital city of Ogun State, where he is a nobleman as the holder of the chieftaincy titles of the Balogun of the Owu Lineage and the Ekerin Balogun of the Egba people/Egba clan of Yorubaland.

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Many are the people, Nigerians and non-Nigerians, dead and alive, that God has used and is still using in the course of my life journey.

My gut feelings and my faith tell me that until God shuts a door, no human can shut it.

Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today.

Let me make a solemn pledge before all of you, before the whole world and before God, that I will devote all my energy and all I possess in my power to serve the people of Nigeria and humanity.

Nigeria has no business with poverty. With our human and material resources, we shall strive to eradicate poverty from our country.

Yet there comes a time in the life of a patriot when abdication would amount to a betrayal if not outright treachery.

Unfortunately, the true force which propels our endless political disputes, our constant struggles for political advantage, is often not our burning concern for democracy, it is often of our dedication to the principle of the rule of law.

Pope John Paul II not only visited Nigeria twice but stood by the country in its fight against dictatorship and injustice.

I can assure you that Nigeria is not just the number one item on our agenda. Nigeria is in fact the only item on our agenda.