Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described his decision to select Atiku Abubakar as his running mate in the 1999 presidential election as the biggest mistake of his political career.
Mr Obasanjo disclosed on Friday in Lagos while speaking with veteran entertainer Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, during a fireside chat at the unveiling of the Charly Boy Foundation and the launch of the entertainer’s memoir, 999: A Memoir in Tribute to Late Justice Chukwudifu Oputa.
The former president was reflecting on his political career and the decisions he made during his time in office when he was asked about his choice of a running mate in 1999.
Mr Obasanjo said he would not have picked Atiku had he known at the time what he later learned about him.
“The man I picked as my running mate, my number two. If I had known him as I came to know him later, I would not have picked him,” he said.
