Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday admitted he did
not know his true age.
He said his late mother merely told him she gave birth to him on
a market day.
Mr. Obasanjo said this on Thursday at the 2017 International
Youth Variety Day and Public Presentation of Olusegun Obasanjo’s Books for
Children, as part of programmes for his 80th birthday.
The programme, organised by the Centre for Human Security, with
the theme “Presidential Libraries Will Reduce Leadership Deficit in Africa”,
held at theater hall of the Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta.
Mr. Obasanjo said while growing up, he had the challenge of
knowing his real date of birth, because his parents were illiterates.
“At early stage in my life, I had the challenge of knowing my
date of birth, and my peers always asked, while in return I persisted in asking
my mother, who was an illiterate and had no records,” he said.
The former president added that when he continued to pressure
his mother, the information he was given by his was that she gave birth to him
on an Ifo village market day.
“When I continued to put pressure on my mother, she told me that
she was preparing to go to market on the said day, and went into labour, and
before others could return from the market, she had given birth to me,” Mr.
Obasanjo said.
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