Dele Farotimi, a lawyer, recently recounted a fascinating tale involving former President Olusegun Obasanjo and a lion purportedly gifted to him.
According to Farotimi's Facebook post, Obasanjo christened the lion cub as Aremu and housed it within a cramped enclosure measuring a mere 3 meters by 3 within the confines of the Obasanjo presidential library complex. Over time, the lion grew into a majestic male, yet it remained confined within the confines of the small enclosure.
Farotimi personally visited the Obasanjo presidential library with his wife, where they were dismayed by the distressing conditions in which the lion was kept. Reflecting on his experience, Farotimi remarked, "General Obasanjo was gifted a lion, he named it Aremu and he built a cage within the Obasanjo presidential library complex measuring no more than 3 meters by 3 and he kept this lion cub in that enclosure.
That lion cub grew to become a grown lion, a male. I went to the Obasanjo Presidential Library with my wife because I wanted to see what the man had built in his private space. So when I witnessed what he had built in his private space, I saw the constraint with which this lion was living".
Video link shared by Farotimi on his Facebook page: https://youtu.be/8SPvKvGoVMI?si=2WYECGJHBDQZzlMI (Start at 9:37)