Olusegun Obasanjo

=== Post-Civil War career: 1970–1975 ===
In June 1970, Obasanjo returned to Abeokuta, where crowds welcomed him as a returning hero.{{sfn|Iliffe|2011|pp=31–32}} He was then posted to Lagos as the Brigadier commanding the Corps of Engineers.{{sfn|Iliffe|2011|p=39}} In October, Gowon announced that the military government would transfer authority to a civilian administration in 1976. In the meantime, a ban on political parties remained in forces; Gowon made little progress towards establishing a civilian government.{{sfn|Iliffe|2011|pp=41-42}} Under the military government, Obasanjo sat on the decommissioning committee which recommended dramatic reductions of troop numbers in the Nigerian Army over the course of the 1970s.{{sfn|Iliffe|2011|p=41}} In 1974 Obasanjo went to the UK for a course at the [[Royal College of Defence Studies]].{{sfnm|1a1=Iliffe|1y=2011|1p=42|2a1=Derfler|2y=2011|2p=79}} On returning, in January 1975 Gowon appointed him as the Commissioner for Works and Housing, a position he held for seven months, during which he was largely responsible for building military barracks.{{sfnm|1a1=Iliffe|1y=2011|1p=42|2a1=Derfler|2y=2011|2p=80}}

In 1970, Obasanjo bought a former Lebanese company in Ibadan, employing an agent to manage it.{{sfn|Iliffe|2011|p=39}} In 1973 he registered a business, Temperance Enterprises Limited, through which he could embark on commercial ventures after retiring from the military.{{sfn|Iliffe|2011|p=42}} He also continued to invest in property; by 1974 he owned two houses in Lagos and one each in Ibadan and Abeokuta.{{sfn|Iliffe|2011|p=39}} Rumours arose that Obasanjo engaged in the corruption that was becoming [[Corruption in Nigeria|increasingly widespread in Nigeria]], although no hard evidence of this ever emerged.{{sfn|Iliffe|2011|pp=41–42}} His marriage with Oluremi became strained as she opposed his relationships with other women. In the mid-1970s their marriage was dissolved.{{sfnm|1a1=Iliffe|1y=2011|1p=40|2a1=Derfler|2y=2011|2p=79}} In 1976 he married [[Stella Obasanjo|Stella Abebe]] in a traditional Yoruba ceremony.{{sfn|Iliffe|2011|p=40}}