Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says Nigerians are united while overseas but are something else when they return, tasking them to embrace unity and togetherness both at home and abroad.

Obasanjo made this known on behalf of a delegation of eminent traditional leaders and academics that included the Olowu of Owu Kingdom, Oba Saka Matemilola; at an evening reception, held at New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States.

In a statement by his spokesman, Kehinde Akinyemi, Obasanjo told the gathering that Nigerians in the Diaspora are making the country proud in their different areas of endeavour and urged them to be good citizens of wherever they are domiciled.

The event was put together by the Center for African Studies, Rutgers University, New Jersey, headed by Professor Bode Ibironke and was attended by the leadership of the University, amongst others.