Nigeria's former
President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has admitted that he does not know his true age.
Obasanjo
revealed this while speaking at the 2017 International Youth Variety Day and
Public Presentation of Olusegun Obasanjo’s Books for Children, on Thursday.
He said his
mother told him she gave birth to him on a market day.
“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.
“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,” Obasanjo said.
The former
president said he arrived at his current age using the ages of some of his
peers.
“I’m not as
lucky as some of my peers who know the dates of their birth. What matters to me
is that I have chosen a date. If I don’t even know the exact date of my birth,
at least I know my age group,” he added.
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