Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has paid tribute to his late wife, Stella Obasanjo, for her relentless efforts to secure
his release from prison during his incarceration in the 1990s.
Obasanjo, who was arrested by the military government of General Sani Abacha in 1995 on charges of plotting a coup, spent three years in detention before being released following Abacha's death.
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