The Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library is one of Abeokuta's more ambitious modern institutions: part archive, part museum, part civic complex. Its exhibitions cover Obasanjo's military rule, imprisonment, return as elected president, and the wider story of post-independence Nigeria.
The complex includes more than the library itself, but travellers should focus on the museum and archive displays. It is a useful counterweight to Abeokuta's older Egba sights, showing how one local figure became central to Nigeria's national politics.