Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has been embroiled in a lot of controversies.

Many continue to wonder what makes Obasanjo thick and how he manage to get away with things other people would not even dare to try.

Like a cat with nine lives, Obasanjo came out of prison and assume the number one position in Nigeria in 1999. Though he did not have his support of his people in the south-west, other parts of the country voted for him.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is not an ordinary Nigerian citizen has he has become some sort of political mecca where countless politician and political-parties pay homage and source for advise concerning their ambition.

One thing about the former President is that he is not afraid of courting controversies, an action which has fetched him a lot of enemies and criticizm. But Obasanjo seems not to be bothered with the critique as he kept saying his mind, irrespective of who gets hurt.

Let's take a look at some of the controversies that former president has been involved in.

1. Obasanjo dumps PDP in a very dramatic manner.
This the most recent act of Obasanjo that has everyone talking. On Monday, February 16, Obasanjo officially left the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP).
The fact that he left the party was not the issue but the manner he did it. He tore his party membership card in public, an action which the party described as an insult.

2. He wrote a controversial autobiography.
The former President's autobiography, 'My Watch', which was which was unveiled at the Lagos Country Club Ikeja, Lagos, on December 9, 2014, caused quiet a stir in the country. The book strongly criticized a lot of top Politician in Nigeria like President Goodluck Jonathan, Bola Tinubu, Gbenga Daniel and others. Despite being stopped by a court injuction, Obasanjo had gone ahead to launch the three-volume book.
Though the book was
banned from being sold in Nigeria, the former President refused to be deterred and took it to other countries where it will not be banned.

3. Attempted a third term.
Obasanjo was the only president who attempted a third term but was confronted. Obasanjo was embroiled in controversy regarding his "Third Term Agenda," a plan to modify the constitution so he could serve a third time as president. This led to a political media uproar in Nigeria.
Obasanjo later denied his involvement in the third time agenda.

Speaking at the launch of his autobiography, he denied seeking a third time but admitted he knew about it. He had said: "Third time was not my agenda or intention, although I would not say I didn't know about it. I didn't mastermind third term. Those who were telling me to go on were the Governors that were going to benefit from it".

4. Obasanjo's letter to Jonathan:
In 2013, the former President stirred up a storm with an explosive 18-page letter entitled, "Before it is too late" to President Goodluck Jonathan detailing what he perceived to the president's shortcomings. This had sparked a lot of reaction in the country at the time.

5. Iyabo's letter to her Father:
Following Obasanjo's 18-page letter, his daughter Senator Iyabo Obasanjo had allegedly written a letter to her father. She had denounced Obasanjo has a self-seeking man lacking in all key expectations as a father and a leader, but often appearing quick to accuse others of the same ill. The letter was surrounded in controversy as the spokeperson and family members of Obasanjo alleged that the letter was forged. Meanwhile, Iyabo refused to denouce or deny her authorship of a blistering letter.
Obasanjo alleged that Iyabo was coerced by President Goodluck Jonathan's administration to write the letter to him in a bid to embarass him.

6. His son Gbenga accused him of sleeping with his wife:
In 2008, Gbenga, the first son of the former President droped a bombshell on his father's alleged sexual intimacy with his enstranged wife, Moji.
Gbenga in a sworn affidavit, submitted in a divorce court accused his father of sleeping with his wife. The former president was summond in court in what appeared to be a messy divorce between Gbenga and his wife.

7. [b]The Odi massacre:
This was an attack carried out on November, 1999, by the Nigerian military during Obasanjo's reign as President. Nearly 2500 civilian were reprortedly killed in the Predominantly of Ijaw town in Bayelsa. While every building in the town except the bank, the Anglican church and the health center were burn to the ground. Reports has it that the massare was ordered by Obasanjo. On his command, the world witnessed one of the most tragic abuse of human rights and genocide in Odi.


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Wow! He's got quite the record