General Olusegun\u00a0 Obasanjo has\u00a0 said the date being celebrated is \u201cofficial\u201d but promised to reveal the real date by himself in future.<\/p>\n
According to him ” \u201d Don\u2019t ask me the day and year. Whether I know the birth date or not, the important thing is that God has made my birth glorious.\u201d<\/p>\n
The former President who marked his 76the birthday today,\u00a0 also appreciated President Goodluck Jonathan for sending him SMS this morning to congratulate him on his birthday, said whether he knows his correct birth date or not, isn\u2019t important because God has made that day glorious.<\/p>\n
Obasanjo said: \u201cOlowu wanted to let the cat out of the bag, but he didn\u2019t quite succeed, the date would be revealed by me. The truth is, I was born.\u00a0 The truth also is that I was born on Ifo market day according to my mother because she was actually prepared to go to Ifo market that day when she began to have labour and gave birth to me.<\/p>\n
The Olowu of Owu Kingdom, Ogun State,\u00a0Oba Adegboyega Dosunmu, has said that former President Olusegun Obasanjo, knows his correct birth date but won\u2019t disclose it to anybody.<\/p>\n
Dosunmu who described Obasanjo as his \u201cclose friend\u201d and \u201cBalogun Owu,\u201d noted that the former President decided to keep the date to himself but was in the habit of telling people he was \u201cborn in Ibogun a day before Ifo market day.\u201d<\/p>\n
The monarch said this in his brief remark this morning at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, at the occasion marking the 77th birthday of the former President.<\/p>\n
Although, Oba Dosunmu\u00a0did not reveal the date, but advised that people should pay more attention that aspect of Obasanjo\u2019s life\u00a0that is \u201cquite obvious\u201d yet remain unknown to many.<\/p>\n
He said the former President is humane and sympathetic, always ready to offer help to people in need.<\/p>\n
In attendance at the birthday event are Governor Ibikunle Amosun, Prof. Akin Mabogunje, Dr Christopher Kolade, former Ekiti State Governor, Segun Oni, Obasanjo\u2019s wife: Bola among others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
General Olusegun\u00a0 Obasanjo has\u00a0 said the date being celebrated is \u201cofficial\u201d but promised to reveal the real date by himself in future. According to him ” \u201d Don\u2019t ask me…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"\n