Atiku claims saved Obasanjo from prison injection

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Nigeria — African Democratic Congress for the 2027 Nigerian election, claimed in an interview that he saved former President Olusegun Obasanjo from a lethal injection while both were imprisoned under Sani Abacha. Atiku said he leaked information about the planned injection and warned Obasanjo not to accept it. He also alleged that the same method was used against General Umaru Musa Yar Adua, who died in detention in 1997. Atiku attributed Obasanjo's current hostility toward him to Atiku's opposition to Obasanjo's third-term ambition. The claim is based solely on Atiku's account and has not been independently verified.