FORMER President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, reviewed criticisms that greeted his leadership style when he was president, saying all mistakes his critics claimed he made were "successful mistakes."
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Many Nigerians, especially people from the South West, had severally scored his eight-year rule low, particularly for turning his back on the zone.
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Chief Obasanjo, who was in Ibadan at the lecture marking the 50th anniversary of Aare Afe Babalola's qualification as a legal practitioner listed his achievements, travails in prison and handing over power to a civilian government, and concluded that if his critics saw those achievements as mistakes, so be it.
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He said: "There was one mistake I made that turned out to be a successful mistake."
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"When I was looking for somebody to give leadership in University of Lagos, I chose Aare Afe Babalola and some said I made a mistake, it is now a successful mistake."
President Olusegun Obasanjo made lots of bad mistakes when he was president that I'm sure he wishes he could correct if he had a chance.