Why I was arrested for attending the funeral of Raila Odinga’s father- Retired President Olusegun Obasanjo

Raila Odinga and Olusegun Obasanjo

• Olusegun Obasanjo was arrested for attending Jaramogi Oginga Odinga’s funeral
• The retired Nigerian president had been invited by Raila Odinga in 1994
• He was arrested, interrogated and imprisoned

Retired Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo’s biography My Watch reveals how attending Jaramogi Oginga Odinga’s funeral in 1994 following Raila Odinga’s invitation, was one of the reasons he was arrested and detained by the late President Sani Abacha.

“I was invited by Raila for the final funeral rites for his father, Jaramogi Oginga, and for the dedication of his mausoleum in Kenya,” Obasanjo reveals in a chapter titled My Arrest: The Abacha Saga.