Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday , in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, aid he had dedicated his achievements both in the military and as a civilian president to God.
Obasanjo said this while speaking at a thanksgiving service organised for him by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Ogun State chapter.
The service was held at the Chapel of Christ the Glorious King on the premises of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta.
The former President stressed that he would continue to do things that would make God show him mercy.
He attributed his success in the military and in the civilian government to God’s mercy.
Said he, “God has done a lot for me. I want to do things that will make God show His mercy on me. I can’t lie to God.
“How many of you know Ibogun-Olaogun? The village where I was born is so small that no matter how large you make the map of Nigeria, Ibogun-Olaogun will never appear.
“And yet, somebody born in that village of pure illiterate parents will have the opportunity that I have now, to reach the stage that I have reached, to be used to achieve whatever I have been used to achieve, I cannot thank God enough.
“I always say this, whatever I have achieved, whatever I have done, I thank God because it is not me alone, there are those who have worked with me, some of them are dead, some of them are still alive and without them, I will not have been able to achieve much. On occasions like this, let us just thank God and keep thanking God,” he said.