{
  "id": 19328553,
  "title": "Obasanjo: Rather Than Seek Asylum, I Chose To Face Abacha",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/obasanjo-rather-than-seek-asylum-i-chose-to-face-abacha",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-10T10:18:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Trust",
    "slug": "daily-trust",
    "url": "https://dailytrust.com/obasanjo-rather-than-seek-asylum-i-chose-to-face-abacha/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has recounted how he personally drove to a police station to surrender himself after receiving information that the military government of the late General Sani Abacha had ordered his arrest. Obasanjo disclosed this while recalling his experience during the Abacha regime. He was detained and sentenced to life imprisonment over an […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}