 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Muna 1993, Sani Abacha akatora masimba mukubvuta masimba kwemauto. Achitsoropodza pachena hurumende yaAbacha, muna 1995 Obasanjo akasungwa uye akatongerwa mhosva yekuva chikamu chekuronga kupidigura hurumende, pasinei nekuratidzira kuti haana mhosva. Paaiva mujeri, akava muKristu akaberekwazve, uye pfungwa yokuti zvinhu zvose zvinongoitika zvoga yakachinja maonero aaiita nyika. Akasunungurwa pashure porufu rwaAbacha muna 1998. Achipinda mune zvematongerwo enyika, Obasanjo akava mukwikwidzi wePDP musarudzo dzemutungamiri wenyika dza1999, dzaakakunda zviri nyore. Somutungamiri wenyika, akaita kuti mauto asave nechinhu chipi nechipi chine chokuita nezvematongerwo enyika uye akawedzera mapurisa uye akaunganidza mauto kuti arwise mhirizhonga yemadzinza, yechitendero, uye yezvokuda kuparadzana. Akabvisa mauto eNigeria muSierra Leoneuye akaita kuti mabhizimisi akasiyana-siyana ehurumende ave oga kuti adzivise chikwereti chenyika yake chaikura. Akasarudzwazve musarudzo dza2003. Akapesvedzerwa nemafungiro ePan-Africanist, aive mutsigiri akasimba wekuumbwa kweAfrican Union uye akashanda sachigaro wayo kubva muna 2004 kusvika muna 2006. Kuedza kwaObasanjo kuchinja bumbiro remitemo kuti abvise miganhu yenguva yemutungamiri wenyika kwakanga kusina kubudirira uye kwakaunza kutsoropodzwa. Mumudyandigere, akawana dhigirii rePhD mune zvechitendero kubva kuNational Open University yeNigeria. 