- Former President Olusegun Obasanjo shares similarities with late President Jimmy Carter.
- Both were born into farming families, Obasanjo in Ibogun-Olaogun, Ogun, and Carter in Plains, Georgia.
- They both grew up with disciplinarian parents who instilled values like discipline, morality, and compassion for the poor.
- Obasanjo and Carter also shared a military background and met when Obasanjo was Nigeria’s military Head of State.
- Obasanjo organized a funeral service in Carter’s memory at the Chapel of Christ the Glorious King in Abeokuta.
Obasanjo listed these similarities during a funeral service he organized for Carter, who passed away on December 29, 2024, at the age of 100 ¹. Carter served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. Obasanjo also praised Carter’s selfless service to humanity through his ‘Carter Centre’.
