“Of course, what I know about him later… I would not have picked him. Thank God that God did not allow his actions and reactions to overwhelm me, divert my focus from Nigeria or harm Nigeria.”

"I would say the greatest mistake I made was picking Atiku Abubakar as my vice president in 1999," he said.

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