Sentence 1: General Obasanjo was released and pardoned a number of years later after Abacha died and after General Abdulsalami Abubakar took power .
Sentence 2: A few years later , after Obasanjo died and General Abdulsalami Abubakar took power , General Abacha was released and pardoned .
Question: Do Sentence 1 and Sentence 2 express the same meaning? Yes or No?