There are interesting parallels in respect of the German Pope Emeritus ,Benedict XVI and ex Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Pope Benedict was elected on April 19 2005 . Exactly two years before, Obasanjo earned a second term in office by virtue of the presidential elections of April 19 2003.
Benedict XVI is a professor of theology whereas Obasanjo is currently enrolled in a PhD programme in theology having recently bagged a masters degree in theology.
Pope Benedict and Obasanjo are both battle tested, the Pope was a soldier during the second world war and Obasanjo saw action during the Nigerian civil war.
Benedict was the head of 1.2 billion Catholics worldwide and Obasanjo by the fact of having being the President of the worlds most populous Black country had been described as the torch bearer of 1.2 billion blacks world wide.
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