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Unverified reports in the past had claimed that Obasanjo, who is officially listed as a Yoruba from Ogun State in the South-West, actually has an Igbo father from Anambra State in the South-East.
In an interview published this morning in Sunday PUNCH, Sir Olaniwun Ajayi was a National Conference delegate and chieftain of the Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, revealed how Obasanjo told members of Egbe Omo Yoruba cultural group to which he (Sir Ajayi) belongs that he is not Yoruba. Sir Ajayi said the incident took place in 1998 in the run-up to the 1999 presidential election, in which the Yoruba rejected Obasanjo and preferred to support Chief Olu Falae.
Sir Ajayi said: “Obasanjo had said that he was not a Yoruba man. We invited him to Egbe Omo Yoruba (a cultural group) and he said no, he was not a Yoruba man. Apart from that, he had not done well with our circle. He didn’t like us politically. He didn’t like the Yoruba and he had done a lot of things to the Yoruba, which we thought was bad enough. He took a very prominent part in seeing to it that Awolowo did not win the presidential election against Shehu Shagari. He made sure that Awolowo did not win the election; although Awolowo won, he was not declared. The Yoruba did not like that and they did not vote for him during his first term (1999 to 2003). Since he was in charge of the caliphate, he used all the skills and strategies that he had to make himself president for the second term, irrespective of the feelings of the Yoruba people.”
Asked if Obasanjo has been showing interest in the affairs of the Yoruba after then, Sir Ajayi replied: “Not to my knowledge.”
He is from d Royal family in Onitsha that why he hates anambra so much. He father is a policeman
ReplyDeleteWow hard for me to believe
ReplyDeleteHe beta change his name to Emeka nw.
ReplyDeleteObasanjo is d only Yoruba nationalist , Yorubas are do tribalistic but he is not
ReplyDeleteIsn't it obvious? He took power from the Yoruba's,rendering them unfit politically and he used a lot of igbo's in his cabinet,Oby, Soludo,Kema, Ngozi etc.
ReplyDeleteNigerians like dwelling on issues dat are so trivial and leave very sensitve issues behind. Wot a shameful country.All dey know is to be disturbing d whole Africa and d world making noise, giant of Africa,vision 2020,etc!. When the time comes now ..(5yrs) time,dey will find one excuse bcos they are not competent,no technical know - how! Na wa ooo!
ReplyDeleteNigeria has a foundational problem,patriotism problem,developmental problem,leadership problem,vision problem,religious problem,sabotage etc.make una dey think!
ReplyDeleteAt d end of d day,Nigeria will end up some where,maybe in heaven or.........? From Victor
ReplyDeleteAn Ibo man who loves the Ibos so much that he commissioned the 2nd niger bridge on the last day of his 8-year tenure in office, who liquidated savannah bank owned by an ibo when Olusola Saraki insolvent societie generale bank was left intact, liquidated orji kalu (ibo) slok airline which became gambia national airline,liquidated Ibeto cement to favour his protégé, among other kind acts!
ReplyDeleteThis is trash. That somebody is not liked by some people from his place cannot make him not to be an indigene of that place. Obasanjo is a detribalized Nigerian and he was the only head of state that showed courage in steping on toes to tackle some issues in this country
ReplyDeleteA fool is a man who says OBJ is not a yoruba but ibo.pls he does not in anyway an ibo tribe and would never be.this man wants to play politics with this falsehood may will capitalize on this point to push for presidency when the ibos speak up the gods are wise.
ReplyDeleteSo what does this Ajayi Agbaya want us to do.leave obasanjo alone.
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