<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olusegun_Obasanjo" id="mwAW4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Olusegun Obasanjo">Olusegun Obasanjo</a> takes office as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Nigeria" id="mwAW8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="President of Nigeria">President of Nigeria</a>, the first elected and civilian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_of_state" id="mwAXA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Head of state">head of state</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria" id="mwAXE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a> after 16 years of military rule.