In month 12 (JiMao years), February 27, 1999, Obasanjo was elected as the President of Nigeria. In 27,

1999 national elections in Nigeria, the Nigerian People's Democratic Party leader, Obasanjo was elected President of the Nigerian Fourth Republic. Obasanjo aged 62, served as the head of the Nigerian military government in 1976, and take the initiative to withdraw from politics in October 1979, the power to the democratically elected government. In June 1995, he was suspected of involvement in the coup "was put in prison in June 1998 was acquitted and released.