Nigeria, Oct. 25 -- Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that he once rejected a proposal to anoint former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, as his successor when he was leaving office in 2007.



Obasanjo said he turned down the suggestion because he believed El-Rufai, though talented, was not mature enough at the time to lead the country.



Speaking on Friday at the Ajibosin Platform Annual Symposium in Abeokuta, Ogun State, the former president recalled that former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, had recommended El-Rufai for the top job.



El-Rufai served under Obasanjo's administration between 1999 and 2007 - first as Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises and later as Minister of the Federal Ca...