Sani and Obasanjo were locked up in Kirikiri Maximum Prison in Lagos in 1995 by the military junta led by Abacha. A former lawmaker and civil rights activist, Shehu Sani, has narrated how he prevented angry inmates at the Kirikiri Maximum Security prison from assaulting ex-President, Olusegun Obasanjo in 1995.Sani was among the pro-democracy activists and dissidents who were persecuted by the military junta led by late General Sani Abacha for calling for the recognition of the June 12, 1993 presidential election. Though he was sentenced to 15 years in prison, the former Senator from Kaduna Cen…