Obasanjo

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Nigerian politician human military officer

Obasanjo is Olusegun Obasanjo, a former Nigerian military ruler and twice-elected civilian president who became one of Africa’s most prominent political leaders and diplomats.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Olusegun Obasanjo	13
Obasanjo canonical	1
Olusegun Obasanjo – People's Democratic Party	1
President Olusegun Obasanjo	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8225124 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Obasanjo
Context triple: [Millennium Summit, hasParticipant, Obasanjo]

A. Yakubu Gowon
Yakubu Gowon is a former Nigerian military head of state who ruled from 1966 to 1975 and played a central role during the Nigerian Civil War.
B. Oluremi Tinubu
Oluremi Tinubu is a Nigerian politician and former First Lady of Lagos State who serves as the First Lady of Nigeria and has been a prominent senator and advocate for social and women’s issues.
C. Bola Tinubu
Bola Tinubu is a Nigerian politician and former governor of Lagos State who became president of Nigeria in 2023.
D. Atiku Abubakar
Atiku Abubakar is a Nigerian politician and businessman who served as Vice President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007 and has been a prominent, recurrent presidential contender.
E. Ibrahim Babangida
Ibrahim Babangida is a former Nigerian military ruler who seized power in a 1985 coup and governed the country through a mix of economic reforms and authoritarian control until 1993.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Obasanjo
Target entity description: Obasanjo is Olusegun Obasanjo, a former Nigerian military ruler and twice-elected civilian president who became one of Africa’s most prominent political leaders and diplomats.

A. Yakubu Gowon
Yakubu Gowon is a former Nigerian military head of state who ruled from 1966 to 1975 and played a central role during the Nigerian Civil War.
B. Oluremi Tinubu
Oluremi Tinubu is a Nigerian politician and former First Lady of Lagos State who serves as the First Lady of Nigeria and has been a prominent senator and advocate for social and women’s issues.
C. Bola Tinubu
Bola Tinubu is a Nigerian politician and former governor of Lagos State who became president of Nigeria in 2023.
D. Atiku Abubakar
Atiku Abubakar is a Nigerian politician and businessman who served as Vice President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007 and has been a prominent, recurrent presidential contender.
E. Ibrahim Babangida
Ibrahim Babangida is a former Nigerian military ruler who seized power in a 1985 coup and governed the country through a mix of economic reforms and authoritarian control until 1993.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nigerian politician ⓘ human ⓘ military officer ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Obasanjo NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived	Gandhi Peace Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Légion d'honneur ⓘ surface form: Legion of Honour Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo NERFINISHED ⓘ
branchOfService	Nigerian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
child	Gbenga Obasanjo NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfBirth	Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Nigeria ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1937-03-05 ⓘ
educatedAt	Baptist Boys High School, Abeokuta NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Yoruba people NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Obasanjo NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	Olusegun NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	prominent role in African diplomacy and mediation ⓘ serving two terms as democratically elected president of Nigeria ⓘ transitioning Nigeria from military to civilian rule in 1979 ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ Yoruba NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryRank	General ⓘ
name	Olusegun Obasanjo NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	My Command NERFINISHED ⓘ My Watch NERFINISHED ⓘ Not My Will NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeEndTime	1979-10-01 ⓘ 2007-05-29 ⓘ
officeStartTime	1976-02-13 ⓘ 1999-05-29 ⓘ
participantIn	Nigerian Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Abeokuta NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalParty	African Democratic Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ People's Democratic Party (Nigeria) NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	Chairperson of the African Union ⓘ Federal Commissioner for Works and Housing of Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ Head of State of Nigeria ⓘ President of Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	Abdulsalami Abubakar NERFINISHED ⓘ Murtala Mohammed NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
residence	Abeokuta NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse	Stella Obasanjo NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor	Shehu Shagari NERFINISHED ⓘ Umaru Musa Yar'Adua NERFINISHED ⓘ
workLocation	Abuja NERFINISHED ⓘ

How these facts were elicited