Obasanjo drops bombshell: Why I didn’t make El-Rufai my Successor in 2007

“I did not yield to the pressure. Later, he asked why I didn’t agree, and I told him El-Rufai needed to mature. Many years later, after seeing his performance, he came back to me and said, ‘You were absolutely correct, El-Rufai needed to mature,’” Obasanjo said.