From the Village to the Villa and Beyond Olusegun Aremu Okikiola Obasanjo

This volume 2 is a sequel to volume 1. After returning home from an over three and
half jail term of Abacha Military Regime phantom coup, Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo
answered the strong and active demand of many responsible Nigerians to save the
country from the doldrums Abacha had plunged Nigeria into. He knew that most of the legacies
he left as Military Head of State are no more there. They have been lost in the fire of leadership
insensitivity, executive arrogance, and institutional lawlessness. He picked up the pieces of his
life, rehabilitate his family, business, and other undertakings. But before he could parcel his life
into meaningful packages, pressures and appeals started to mount on him from many directions
to safe Nigeria and contest for the presidential election. After consulting with Nigerians of all
classes Obasanjo plunged into politics and registered as a member of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP). Running on the ticket of PDP, he was elected twice as the President of Nigeria.
"Within the space of eight years Obasanjos's administration transformed Nigeria from a pariah
state into one counted and wooed by almost all countries. Politics was established, the economy
bloomed, poverty was controlled and drastically r educed, corruption was fiercely battled and
ceased to be a way of life or be engaged in with impunity."